Belleville Personal Injury Law Articles

Hi my name is Eric Kirkpatrick. I'm an injury lawyer in Belleville, IL, and what I would like to talk to you about today is the importance of reporting your work injury sooner rather than later. First, let's go over what the law says. In Illinois...

A lot of times people with workers compensation cases they ask me what happens if i can't go back to my regular job? What happens if the doctor releases me with restrictions but my employer won't accommodate those restrictions? Well it's a it's a...

Underinsured Motorist Coverage and Uninsured Motorist Coverage Today i'd like to talk about underinsured motorist coverage and uninsured motorist coverage. These are things that people have on their insurance policies for their automobiles, but...

Even though it's still tough to watch 20 years later, anyone can see that the seemingly endless video footage of 9/11/2001 shows Americans at their best... when life is at its worst. We see what was supposed to be a normal day in America. We see...

Trusting Your Employer in Your Workers Compensation Case Q: I've been hurt at work and now I have a workers compensation claim filed with my employer. Should I trust my employer to do the right thing and compensate me fairly? A: Workers Compensation...

Understanding Your Temporary Disability Rate In A Worker's Compensation Claim Q: Before I got hurt I worked a lot of overtime. But I've heard that employers or his insurer doesn't want to include my overtime in my workers'  compensation settlement....

Workers Compensation Mistake #1: Not Hiring A Workers Compensation Attorney “I didn’t think I would need a lawyer on my workers compensation case because I thought my employer would take care of me.” I hear this a quite a bit.  In a perfect world,...

As someone injured at work in Illinois, and any other state, you have the right to expect to work in a reasonably safe workplace even if you work and subsequently were hurt in a construction zone. Sometimes injuries happen when an employer fails to...