If he obtained a fever for what ever reason, even if it was wholly unrelated to his work injury such as a cold or the flu, and his fever climbed to over 100.5 degrees he would have to immediately take antibiotics and go to the nearest emergency room. He would then be admitted for at least two days or until the infection could be broughtunder control.  The Commission held the respondent employer would be liable for all that medical expense associated with the hospital stay.

     We represent Illinois workers compensation clients from Algonquin, Lake in the Hills, McHenry, Woodstock, Crystal Lake, Lakewood, Huntley, Harvard, Hebron, Carpentersville, Cary, Fox River Grove, Elgin, Richmond, Marengo, Spring Grove, Wonder Lake, Barrington, Lake County and Kane County.

The Immigration Reform and Control Act makes it a crime for an employer to knowingly hire an undocumented alien.  The act requires employers to verify that a newly hired person is authorized to work in the United States. It also requires the employer to fire the alien if the employer finds out the employee is illegal or becomes undocumented.

The court in the Economy case awarded substantial benefits to an illegal alien who falsified documents to get a job.

In Illinois if you are injured at work you should be entitled to benefits under the Illiniois Workers Compensation Act.

Illinois has jurisdiction over any work injury claim if 1) the contract for hire was made in Illinois 2) if the accident occurred in Illinois or 3) if the injured worker’s employment was principally located in Illinois.

How do you determine if the contract for hire occurred in Illinois? The contract for hire is made were the last act necessary for the formation of the contract occurred.  An example is when an Illinois resident is offered a job over the telephone to work in another state.  If All the paperwork to work at the out of state job is done via fax at the workers house in Illinois then the Illinois Workers Compensation act would apply. If they same worker was required to travel to the out of state employer and fill out employment forms and take and pass a drug test then the last act necessary for the contract of employment occurred out of sate and the worker would not enjoy the  Protection of the Illinois Workers Compensation Act.

You can easily check to determine if your employer has worker’s compensation insurance by visiting the Illinois Worker’s Compensation website at  www.state.il.us/agency/iic/ and then click on the right-hand side of the webpage “Employer Insurance Coverage Search”.  From there you can follow the prompts to determine if your employer does, in fact, carry worker’s compensation insurance and learn the identity of the insurance carrier.

Recently, the Illinois legislature passed the Injured Workers’ Benefit Fund.  That fund will pay out in a one time benefit,  the total amount of all your benefits if ou can prove at trial your entire case and the fact that the employer was not insured.  The Illinois trial lawyers association had there annual workers compensation seminar and provided the members with the formula and format on how to bring a claim against the fund so you can recover actual dollars instead of just a piece of paper stating that you obtained a judgement.

Attorney David N. Rechenberg is a member of the Illinois Trial lawyers Association and he was at the seminar and he can help you recover money if our have been hurt at work and your employer did not have workers compensation insurance coverage. He can file a claim against the Illinois Injured Workers’Benefit Fund for you !