Every year, thousands of people across the United States are injured in a car accident. While a car accident can be one of the most challenging experiences, it’s often possible to recover, both physically and financially. The following guide provides simple tips and tricks on what to do after a car accident. After a car…
How to maximize your Total Recovery in an injury case
October 13, 2016 By
Article sourced from Northwest Herald. Consider what usually happens when someone is injured due to the fault of another person or party. Depending on the severity of the injury, it’s likely going to affect your everyday life, making many tasks difficult or even impossible for brief or extended periods of time. Those tasks include your…
Brain Injuries: An Epidemic in Youth Sports
December 17, 2015 By
As headline after headline continues to fill the news telling of yet another brain injury caused by sports, it makes us realize just how prevalent these occurrences are. We all hope that traumatic brain injuries, like severe concussions or worse, do not happen to our loved ones or ourselves. However, the reality is that 1…
What to do if you have been in an accident
April 25, 2015 By
Franks Gerkin Ponitz Greeley continues its 12 part series of articles about what to do when in an accident. For all tips, go to our blog. If you are hurt when someone hits your car while on the job, you not only have a workers’ compensation claim, you also have a claim against the responsible…
Legal questions and answers
December 23, 2014 By
Do I need a lawyer? There are countless legal questions, but perhaps the most popular one, and the one that you should always begin with is, “Do I need a lawyer?” The answer doesn’t necessarily come easily. Certainly you will need to find an attorney if you’ve been served with a lawsuit, are pursuing a…
Franks Gerkin Ponitz Greeley in Marengo, IL want you to know what things to do when you have been in an accident
November 7, 2014 By
When injured in an accident, keep track of the days you missed work and the hours and pay rates which you would have been paid In order to present a wage loss claim you need to have the exact dates and times which you were unable to work. If you routinely received overtime and can…
Welcome to Franks Gerkin Ponitz Greeley, P.C., monthly series on Workers’ Compensation
October 24, 2014 By
Last month we discussed when off-work benefits (TTD, short for Temporary Total Disability) should begin and when they can end. This month is about what to do when the insurance company denies your claim or stops benefits. Generally speaking, there are two main reasons for an insurance company to stop benefits. One is a claim…
Franks Gerkin Ponitz Greeley, P.C. in Marengo, IL want you to know what things to do when you have been in an accident
October 3, 2014 By
When injured in an accident, make sure you get your doctor to write notes confirming the days in which you were allowed to be off of work due to your injury. When injured in an accident, many times your employer will understand and will give you the time off without any official doctor’s note, but…
Franks Gerkin Ponitz Greeley discuss off-work benefits
September 18, 2014 By
Last month we discussed the average weekly wage and temporary disability rate. This month is about what off-work benefits (TTD) usually being and when they can end. In most cases, the workers’ compensation insurer will pay off-work benefits when you cannot return because of your injury. Yet in some cases payment can be delayed. If…
Be sure to give all of your medical providers your car and health insurance information
September 3, 2014 By
When injured in an accident, the insurance company for the at-fault-driver does not pay until the very end, because, until they review all of the records on your treatment, they do not know if your treatment is related to the accident or not so the law requires your car ’ s medical insurance coverage, if…
