If your looking for a lawyer to represent you in a workers’ compensation claim then consider hiring the lawyer who teaches other lawyers. In June 2020 Keith Short will teach a continuing education seminar to lawyers who practice in Illinois workers’ compensation law. Mr. Short has been asked to teach 2 sections of the 2-day…
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The insurance company knows how many cases your lawyer has tried. Do you? / La compañía de seguros sabe cuántos casos ha juzgado su abogado. ¿Usted sabe?
The first question any insurance company asks, or any defense lawyer asks when a lawsuit is filed is this: who is the plaintiff’s lawyer? THAT IS ALWAYS THEIR FIRST QUESTION The reason is simple. Most lawyers don’t try cases or have tried only a few in their careers. Most lawyers don’t try 10 jury trials…
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Work Comp Commission reverses decision 3-0 for employee / Comisión de composición de trabajo invierte la decisión 3-0 para los empleados
This is why we never give up and aren’t afraid to litigate every case! The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission unanimously reversed a decision denying benefits. Our client had only worked for the employer about 10 days when he developed bilateral CTS. We aggressively cross-examined their expert and got him to admit that our client had…
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“Small” trial gets big result. / Juicio “pequeño” obtiene un gran resultado.
It would be silly (and a lie) to say that all cases have the same value. They don’t. We recently tried two cases. We won $600,000.00 for our client in the first case (2 weeks ago) and $18,000.00 for our client in the second case (this week). Their injuries were vastly different. The clients were…
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