Arm and Leg Injuries / Amputations

Cook County, Illinois Attorney

Seeking Just Compensation for Arm and Leg Injuries and Amputations

A serious arm or leg injury or amputation can create obstacles in life. Some complex bone fractures, despite repeated surgeries, never heal correctly and result in chronic pain and disability. An amputee, even with a properly fitted prosthesis, may find it difficult to walk long distances or go up and down stairs. The loss of an arm, leg, finger or toe causes physical, financial, and emotional challenges.

No amount of money can compensate for such a profoundly disabling injury. However, a fair and just workers' compensation or personal injury award can pay for the future care you will need, and provide a level of financial security for you and your family. If you injured or lost an arm, leg, finger or toe in a work accident, or another accident caused by someone else's negligence, you may be entitled to compensation. For caring, yet aggressive, legal representation, contact Smoler Law Office.

Illinois Workers' Compensation Benefits for Amputation Injury

Traumatic amputations are often caused by accidents in the workplace. The most common causes of amputations are factory accidents, farm machinery, lawn mowers, construction accidents, power saws and other power tools. Most traumatic and surgical amputations related to a job injury involve the loss of fingers, toes, hands or feet rather than the complete loss of an entire limb.

Under Illinois workers' compensation law, an employee is entitled to all reasonable and necessary medical treatment and rehabilitation related to the amputation of an arm, hand, leg, foot, toe, or finger caused by a job injury. The employer must also pay for necessary braces, and the maintenance, refitting, and replacement of artificial prosthetic limbs during the amputee's lifetime. If the accidental injury results in amputation of an arm or leg, the employee is entitled to additional weeks of disability compensation, which increase with the severity of the amputation.

If you suffered an arm or leg injury or amputation on the job, you want an experienced workers' compensation lawyer fighting for your rights. Robert Smoler has been helping injured workers in the Chicago area for nearly 25 years and he is available to handle your workers' compensation claim.

Arm, Leg and Amputation Injuries Caused by Car and Motorcycle Accidents

Car and motorcycle accidents are another common cause of broken bones and other arm and leg injuries. Personal injury attorney Robert Smoler has the experience needed to recover all of your damages caused by accident-related arm and leg injuries. He works hard to develop a compelling portrayal of the financial, emotional, and physical challenges created by a serious arm or leg injury, or the loss of a digit or extremity. If you have been injured in a car, motorcycle or truck accident caused by someone else's carelessness, you deserve compensation for all of your losses. Your attorney should be able to calculate not only past damages, but damages for future wage loss, pain, emotional distress, medical expenses, prosthetic and therapy expenses, disability accommodations needed for you to remain in your home, and the cost of vocational rehabilitation or permanent disability.

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