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People face many legal issues every day. It is impossible for an individual to know the many laws that affect them and to completely understand what their rights entail. That is why we are here, to help people just like you identify, manage, and solve legal issues affecting their lives.
Franks, Gerkin & McKenna offers a wide spectrum of professional services designed to meet nearly every legal need. Our legal team has extensive experience in personal injury, workers compensation, litigation, real estate, estate planning, criminal defense, family law, land use and zoning, probate, commercial transactions, immigration, and traffic violations.
At Franks, Gerkin & McKenna, the representation and protection of our client’s legal rights has been our overriding priority for more than 40 years. Since our formation, our attorneys have provided clients with the high level of legal expertise and experience typically associated with larger firms, but with the cost-effectiveness and personal attention found in smaller firms.
For more information on our firm, please visit our web site at www.fgmlaw.com or call (815) 572-4256 to discuss your legal issue with one of our experienced attorneys for FREE. Don’t sleep on your rights; exercise them now in order to ensure that justice can be done.
Helping you to understand the law: Workers’ Compensation
Many people suffer accidents at work due to many different causes. Workers’ compensation laws provide money and medical benefits to an employee who has an injury as a result of an accident or occupational disease on the job. These laws help protect workers and their families against any of the hardships that arise because of injury or death at the work place. An injured worker often makes the mistake of focusing on the immediate issues of medical bills or a lost paycheck, and fails to consider the long-term implications of his or her injury. Yet many work-related injuries can have serious long term effects on personal health or income earning ability.
Under the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act, employers are required to obtain workers’ compensation insurance, post a notice in each workplace that lists the insurance carrier and explains workers’ rights, keep records of work- related injuries and report those accidents involving more than three lost workdays. Additionally, an employer is prohibited from discharging an employee for exercising his or her rights under the law. Also, employers may not charge the employee in any way for workers’ compensation insurance premiums or benefits that the employer is required to pay.
Our experience in protecting clients’ legal rights in workers’ compensation suits is impressive. We strive to obtain a fair and equitable compensation for work-related injuries. If you would like more information about this subject, or if you would like to meet with one of our attorneys for a FREE initial consultation, call our office at (815) 572-4256.
For more information visit the
Illinois Workers’ Compensation
Commission web site at:
www.state.il.us/agency/iic
Recent Successes
- $175,000 workers compensation settlement on behalf of a tool & die maker who suffered serious back injuries.
- $210,000 workers compensation settlement on behalf of a forklift truck driver who injured his arm on the job and was unable to return to that same job
- $450,000 personal injury settlement during pre-trial negotiations on behalf of a NW Railroad passenger injured when the train collided with a vehicle.
- Won a total permanent disability award, which awards clients a certain sum of money for the duration of their life, on behalf of a man who suffered serious back and leg injuries while performing his duties as a carpenter.
Bio: Herb Franks, Senior Partner
Herb excels in personal injury and worker’s compensation cases and has served as Chairman of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Worker’s Compensation Council. He is widely recognized for his strong courtroom abilities and is a respected litigator.
Herb was one of the first McHenry County lawyers to get a million dollar jury verdict for injury. Herb has been an officer of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, served as Special Assistant General of Illinois and recently completed his term as President of the Illinois State Bar Association. Herb is on the Illinois Courts Commission, the constitutional commission dealing with judicial discipline. For more information on Herb Franks, please visit www.fgmlaw.com or call (815) 572-4256 to schedule an appointment.
