Experienced Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Mount Vernon, IL

When you’ve been seriously injured at work, experience counts. With your access to necessary medical care and your future financial security on the line, you can’t afford to assume the best of the insurance carrier, or to entrust your workers’ comp claim to just any law firm.

Attorneys Steve Hanagan and Brian McGovern have handled thousands of workers’ compensation claims. Their entire legal practice is dedicated to helping people who have been injured, are disabled, or have lost loved ones in work-related incidents or due to someone else’s negligence.

This concentrated experience allows our attorneys to provide effective, knowledgeable guidance through the worker’s compensation process, but that’s only the beginning. At Hanagan & McGovern, we also understand the challenges an injured worker and his or her family face, and strive to make the process as stress-free as possible.

What Benefits You’re Entitled For?

In theory, the Illinois workers’ compensation system allows an injured worker to secure certain benefits without the need for contentious litigation with his or her employer. Worker’s compensation differs from a personal injury case in two important ways:

• The injured worker does not have to prove that the employer—or anyone—was negligent in order to secure compensation; and
• The injured worker is only eligible for certain benefits, such as lost wages and medical coverage

This compromise was designed to ensure that injured workers received necessary benefits, such as access to medical care, without the need for stressful and time-consuming legal battles. In return, employer liability was limited: workers’ compensation does not provide for damages such as pain and suffering, and does not allow for punitive damages.

In practice, however, the workers’ compensation process isn’t always as cooperative as the legislature intended. When conflicts arise or the process bogs down, the guidance of an experienced workers’ compensation attorney can be invaluable.

A Truly Free Workers’ Compensation Consultation

Too often, the free consultation personal injury and workers’ compensation lawyers offer turns into a sales pitch. Our decades of combined experience handling work injury cases have taught us that not every workers’ compensation claim requires legal representation. If we believe all you need is a little guidance to move forward on your own, we’ll give you some free advice during your free consultation and send you on your way with our best wishes.

If we do believe we can help you and you choose to retain us, you still pay nothing unless and until we recover an award or settlement on your behalf. In simplest terms, we don’t get paid unless we win. Money should never be a barrier to pursuing fair compensation and the medical care you need to move forward after an injury.

In Tough Cases, An Experienced Workers’ Comp Lawyer Can Be Your Best Resource

Unfortunately, not all workers’ compensation cases are easily resolved. The more money that’s at stake, the more likely it is that the employer and the workers’ compensation insurance company will fight the claim, delay payment, or try to minimize compensation.

That’s where we come in.

We have successfully represented southern Illinois workers’ compensation claimants in a wide range of cases, from disputes over minor injuries to claims in excess of $1 million. Some of the workers’ compensation cases we’ve handled involved:

• Disputed claims
• Access to necessary medical treatment
• Increases in weekly Temporary Total Disability (TTD) benefits
• Temporary Partial Disability (TPD) for clients who have returned to work but are earning less
• Paid job searches
• Vocational retraining to lighter duty work
• Weekly maintenance benefits during job searches and vocational retraining
• Cumulative and repetitive trauma claims
• Decreased wages and wage loss for clients whose injuries diminish earning capacity
• Maximum Permanent Partial Disability (PPD)
• Permanent Total Disability (PTD) benefits for those unable to return to work after an injury
• New home construction or modification for disabled workers
• Wheelchair vans and other necessary equipment

Regardless of the nature or size of your workers’ compensation claim, we’re here for you every step of the way. Our goal is always to ensure that you receive the best medical care available and the best possible settlement or award.

Workers’ Compensation Assistance in Southern Illinois

The attorneys at Hanagan & McGovern have served work injury victims and their families in southern Illinois for decades. We represent workers’ compensation clients in Albion, Benton,  Carlyle, Carmi, Centralia, Effingham, Fairfield,  Flora, Herrin, Lawrenceville, Marion, McLeansboro, Mt. Carmel,  Mt. Vernon, Nashville,  Olney, Pinckneyville, Salem, and the surrounding area.

We want to make it as easy as possible for you to get the help you need, so we meet with clients in many locations throughout southern Illinois.

Whether you’ve encountered an obstacle and want to retain an experienced workers’ compensation attorney or are just unsure of the process and whether you need legal representation and want some advice, contact us today to schedule a free consultation. Just call 618-241-9251 or fill out the contact form on the right-hand side of this page.