Illinois workers’ compensation benefits[1] provide money and medical benefits to an employee who has an injury as a result of an accident or occupational disease on-the-job. Workers’ compensation is designed to protect workers and their dependents against the hardships from injury or death arising out of the work environment. Disability…
Wrongful Death Statute The Illinois statute regarding wrongful death[1] provides: “Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and…
What is Boot Camp? The Illinois impact incarceration program, more commonly referred to as “boot camp”[1], is a program within the Illinois Department of Corrections that allows eligible offenders sentenced to prison the opportunity to significantly reduce their amount of time served in prison. It is referred to as boot…
Making a Will gives you the opportunity to order your affairs before your death. We all have a natural reluctance to contemplate our own death, but it is one thing in life that is guaranteed. If you don’t leave a Will then the law will step in and a rigid…