A Work Injury Is Often Two Claims.
When you are hurt on the job, workers' compensation is usually just the floor. If another contractor, a defective product, or a negligent driver played a role, you can pursue a third-party personal-injury claim at the same time — for the full value the comp system can't pay.
Workers' Comp Plus the Third-Party Claim
Illinois workers' compensation pays medical bills, two-thirds of your lost wages, and a permanent-disability settlement — but it doesn't pay pain and suffering, and it caps wage benefits. A third-party personal-injury claim against the non-employer party who caused your injury fills the gap. Marker Law runs both tracks in parallel and coordinates the lien resolution at the end.
- Third-party claims at work — subcontractors, drivers, equipment owners
- Repetitive-motion and cumulative-trauma claims (back, shoulder, carpal tunnel)
- OSHA-violation cases and unsafe-workplace claims
- Occupational diseases and toxic-exposure injuries
- Defective-product injuries on the job
- Retaliation protection for asserting comp rights
Two Claims Filed the Right Way Pay More
Many lawyers file the workers' comp claim and stop there. Marker Law's first question is always — who else was responsible? An injured worker with a viable third-party claim often recovers several multiples of the comp settlement alone.
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