A Central Grocers delivery truck driver, represented by Scott Goldstein of Ankin Law, was awarded prospective medical care and temporary total disability (TTD) benefits after he injured his lower back in the course of his delivery duties. The injury occurred as he was unloading 600-700 boxes by hand from his truck. On the day of the injury, he
Derek Lax of Ankin Law Office represented an industrial worker who injured his left knee in a work-related accident. The injury occurred when pipes struck the worker on both knees. He suffered tears to his medial and lateral meniscus as a consequence of the accident, for which, a partial medial meniscectomy, partial lateral meniscectomy, and debridement of
A man employed by Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority for 13 years as a union painter injured his cervical spine in the course of his employment. The claimant worked at Navy Pier in Chicago and on the day of the incident he was driving a boom lift up a ramp when the wheels suddenly “locked up”
Jill Wagner of Ankin Law Office secured permanent partial disability benefits and medical bill payments for a longtime employee of the Illinois Department of Human Services. The employee, a caseworker, sustained a repetitive trauma injury when she developed a right ring trigger-finger condition. The caseworker (Petitioner) testified she began experiencing pain as her right ring
Represented by Ankin Law Office attorney Jill Wagner, a caseworker for the Illinois Department of Human Services received permanent partial disability benefits as well as payment of medical bills for her hand injuries.The caseworker had worked for the Illinois Department of Human Services for 29 years. As a caseworker, she was charged with assisting individuals who
A Department of Human Services caseworker who was assaulted by an angry client received compensation for psychological injuries and a back injury. In an arbitrator decision the caseworker, represented by Josh Rudolfi, was awarded medical benefits, temporary total disability, and permanent partial disability. The State of Illinois Department of Human Services (Respondent) was also forced to pay penalties
Scott Goldstein of Ankin Law Office represented a Chicago sanitation worker in an arbitration hearing filed with the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. The sanitation worker was injured when her foot got stuck as she was exiting a garbage truck. As her body was jolted by the sudden lack of movement she sustained injuries to her back
Josh Rudofi of Ankin Law Office LLC helped an injured woman receive a significant award in an arbitration hearing. The woman was working for the Chicago Park District riding in a truck while performing her regular duties of pulling garbage and cleaning up beaches. She testified that she attempted to get into the truck by
Jill Wagner of Ankin Law Office secured a $75,000 arbitrator decision for a laborer working for James O’Brien & Company. He injured his back when he and his coworkers were moving a 300-pound tree into the backyard of a client. Dimas Reyes, the petitioner, was doing landscaping work on the day he suffered the lumbar strain.
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