Covid-19 Workers’ Compensation
If you are a first responder, front-line or essential worker who has contracted Covid-19, and if you have been hospitalized and on a ventilator, or if your loved one has died, you may be entitled to health care benefits and financial compensation under the Illinois Workers’ Compensation/Occupational Diseases Acts.
Benefits may include:
- Reimbursement for medical bills you have incurred
- Ongoing medical care and medication without cost to you
- Weekly benefits while you are disabled for work
- Financial compensation for permanent effects of the virus
If you are the spouse, child or dependent of a first responder, front-line or essential worker, who died from Covid-19, you may be entitled to:
- Payment of medical bills incurred for treatment
- Reimbursement of burial expenses
- Weekly compensation benefits
- Large settlement
Essential Workers include but are not limited to:
- Healthcare Workers
- Emergency Responders such as EMTs and Firefighters
- Security Officers and Corrections Officers
- Grocery Workers, Pharmacists, and Licensed Cannabis Sellers
Obtaining all available benefits and the fullest recovery for those affected by Covid-19 is our highest priority. The urgency of this issue has our utmost attention. Our firm authored a chapter on death cases in a manual on workers’ compensation claims that is a trusted reference used by other attorneys. We file more Workers’ Compensation claims in Illinois than any firm in the state. Please call us today for more information.
We are so grateful to our Essential Workers and their families for the risks taken and the sacrifices made for the benefit of others. The Illinois Hammer Injury Law Firm is here to fight for you. You are not in this alone. Please call us today.