Ankin Law attorney Jonel Metaj gained a favorable arbitrator decision for his client, Trina White, an employee of the State of Illinois, Shapiro Developmental Center. White was awarded payment of medical bills, TTD, and a permanency award against the State of Illinois after she slipped and injured her knee while tending to patients. (Read the full Arbitrator Decision here)
Jill Wagner of Ankin Law won shoulder surgery, back benefits and medical bills for her client who injured her shoulder working for Lurie Children’s Hospital. The arbitration hearing concluded that 52-year-old Diane Smith injured her shoulder in the course of her workday as a support service tech. The Arbitrator awarded Smith temporary total disability benefits
A deli worker injured while opening a deli case door has received temporary total disability, payment of medical bills and spinal fusion surgery in arbitration. Jill Wagner of Ankin Law LLC, represented Donna Rudcki, an employee of Potash Brothers Supermarket, who injured her spine and shoulder while trying to open a broken deli case door. (Read the complete arbitrator
Ankin Law attorney, Joshua Rudolfi, represented Kelvin Lett following a shoulder injury that occurred while Mr. Lett was doing administrative work duties. Kelvin Lett worked for Respondent’s Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA) as an Investigator II. On December 2016, Mr. Lett was taken off of investigative duties and was assigned administrative duties, which Petitioner described
Ankin Law attorney Scott Goldstein represented in arbitration, a 52-year-old Quaker Manufacturing machine operator who slipped on an oily substance located under a conveyer he was working near. As a result of the arbitration hearing the injured man, Anthony Kolinski, was awarded permanent partial disability benefits of $750.59/week for 60 weeks, totaling $45,039.60, because the injuries sustained caused a 12%
A plumbing laborer was awarded $130,000 in bills and TTD along with a cervical fusion surgery while being represented by Ankin Law attorney, Josh Rudolfi. The petitioner, Robert Heilmann injured his neck and right shoulder when he fell down a staircase while carrying a countertop and sink. Although he has already had a previous surgery in 2005 the arbitrator ruled in
Derek Lax of Ankin Law secured temporary total disability and accrued benefits for a personal care assistant who sustained a laceration of the flexor tendon while performing his duties as a PCA. The PCA, Terrence Bakowski, explained that his job duties included assisting his client with activities of daily living, maintaining his client’s house and performing
A 51-year-old woman working as a registered nurse for Kelly Services at the Ford Motor Plant suffered a medial meniscus tear and osteoarthritis when she slipped and fell as she stepped in water dripping on the floor. Her attorney, Jill Wagner, of Ankin Law secured medical rights and permanency in an arbitration ruling. On the
A Central Grocers delivery truck driver, represented by Scott Goldstein of Ankin Law, was awarded prospective medical care and temporary total disability (TTD) benefits after he injured his lower back in the course of his delivery duties. The injury occurred as he was unloading 600-700 boxes by hand from his truck. On the day of the injury, he
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