Who We Serve
For Cooks, Servers, Dishwashers and Food-Plant Workers.
Hot oil, wet floors, sharp equipment, heavy trays — kitchen and food-industry work injures people every single day. Marker Law makes sure Illinois restaurant and food workers get the benefits the law guarantees them.
Why Marker Law
The People Who Feed Everyone Else
Burns and scalds on the line. Slip-and-falls on wet tile. Slicer and knife injuries. Lifting cases from stockrooms and food plants. Marker Law represents Illinois restaurant, hospitality and food-industry workers in workers' compensation claims — in English and Spanish.
- Burn and scald injuries from fryers, ovens and hot liquids
- Kitchen slip-and-fall injuries on wet or greasy floors
- Knife, slicer and food-processing equipment injuries
- Lifting and repetitive-motion injuries from prep and stock work
- Food-plant machinery and cold-storage injuries
- Retaliation and return-to-work disputes
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The Credentials Behind the Work
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Straightforward answers to the questions Marker Law clients ask most often about this topic.
Yes. Burns and scalds from fryers, grills, ovens, steam and hot liquids are classic Illinois workers' comp claims — covering your medical care, lost time and any permanent scarring or limitation.
No — workers' comp is no-fault. It does not matter that wet floors are normal in a kitchen; if you were hurt doing your job, the claim is compensable. Report it, get treated, and get it documented.
Sometimes. Workers' comp applies regardless of fault, but if the slicer or processing equipment was defective or missing a guard, a separate third-party claim against the manufacturer may exist as well.
Illinois workers' comp benefits are based on your average weekly wage — and properly counting tips, overtime and second jobs is one of the most common places carriers underpay. We make sure the wage calculation is done right.
No. Illinois workers' compensation covers injured workers regardless of immigration status, and Marker Law's bilingual team handles claims in English and Spanish.
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