The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
A truck driver was injured when the vehicle he was driving on the freeway was cut off by a car. The resulting swerve caused the truck to tip over, injuring the driver's shoulder.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
Ankin Law attorney, Joshua Rudolfi received a favorable decision for his client who injured his back at work. The Custom Aluminum Products, Inc. employee was loading steel pipes, which required him to step onto a cart, when the cart moved causing him to lose his balance and fall injuring his back and neck.
Ankin Law attorney, Scott Goldstein, helped secure temporary total disability, payment of medical bills, and prospective medical care for an injured fork lift driver.
Scott Goldstein Secures Favorable Decision for Injured Truck DriverAnkin Law Office, LLC
Ankin Law attorney, Scott Goldstein represented a truck driver with an injured knee. The arbitrator awarded Goldstein's client TTD, medical bills and knee surgery.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
A truck driver was injured when the vehicle he was driving on the freeway was cut off by a car. The resulting swerve caused the truck to tip over, injuring the driver's shoulder.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
Ankin Law attorney, Joshua Rudolfi received a favorable decision for his client who injured his back at work. The Custom Aluminum Products, Inc. employee was loading steel pipes, which required him to step onto a cart, when the cart moved causing him to lose his balance and fall injuring his back and neck.
Ankin Law attorney, Scott Goldstein, helped secure temporary total disability, payment of medical bills, and prospective medical care for an injured fork lift driver.
Scott Goldstein Secures Favorable Decision for Injured Truck DriverAnkin Law Office, LLC
Ankin Law attorney, Scott Goldstein represented a truck driver with an injured knee. The arbitrator awarded Goldstein's client TTD, medical bills and knee surgery.
Ankin Law attorney, Scott Goldstein represented a City of Chicago, Finance Department employee who requires carpal tunnel release surgery after spending her workdays typing at a computer.
Ankin Law attorney Josh Rudolfi represented a DCC Propane driver/serviceman who injured his back on the job. After numerous doctor appointments, physical therapy, tests and medications, the serviceman has remained in an off-work status pending back surgery.
In an arbitration hearing before Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, Ankin Law attorney, Josh Rudolfi represented a woman who sustained cervical and thoracic spine injuries while loading packages at a loading dock.
Josh Rudolfi of Ankin Law secured a favorable settlement in arbitration for a sterile processing technician who injured her back while moving a full cart of surgical instruments.
Scott Goldstein, of Ankin Law, won Medical Benefits and Temporary Total Disability for a forklift driver who injured her back after her forklift fell off of a loading dock.
In arbitration, Mr. Goldstein was able to secure a very favorable decision for the grounds worker who was awarded: temporary total disability benefits of $722.20/week for 61 weeks; 6% loss of use of the person as a whole which corresponds to 30 weeks of permanent partial disability benefits at a weekly rate of $649.97; and payment of outstanding medical services totaling $9,133.89.
An armored truck driver who injured her right hand while unloading boxes of quarters was awarded temporary total disability and surgery by an arbitrator. Ankin Law attorney, Josh Rudolfi was able to show that the driver was a entitled to ttd as well as thumb release and carpal tunnel release surgeries. Her employer was also ordered to pay necessary medical services of $13,548.98.
Josh Rudolfi Secures "odd-lot" Permanent and Total Disability BenefitsAnkin Law Office, LLC
A 51-year-old mental health technician who was injured by a patient was awarded disability benefits and maintenance after a shoulder injury forced him to stop working. Josh Rudolfi represented the injured worker in arbitration and was able to secure medical, disability and maintenance benefits.
This document is an arbitration decision from the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission regarding a case between an employee, Petitioner, and her employer, Respondent HEI Hospitality/Marriott International Inc. The Petitioner, a 56-year-old housekeeper, injured her right knee at work on August 16, 2018 while stripping a bed. She underwent treatment including surgery and was found to have a permanent partial disability. The Arbitrator awarded the Petitioner medical benefits, temporary total disability benefits, and permanent partial disability benefits of 40% loss of use of the person as a whole.
The document is a 12 page arbitration decision from the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission regarding a case between an employee, [Petitioner], and their employer, Speedway LLC, [Respondent]. It details the employee's injury at work where they slipped and fell on ice sustaining a fracture to their right tibia. It describes the employee's medical treatment, including surgery, as well as testimony provided. The arbitrator found that the employee's current condition was causally related to the work injury and that the employer is responsible for all reasonable and necessary medical bills and temporary total disability benefits, less a credit to the employer.
Rockford City Employee Robbed at Gunpoint Receives Workers Compensation BenefitsAnkin Law Office, LLC
Petitioner, a former employee of the City of Rockford, was held at gunpoint by two men while working on April 17, 2017. He sought medical treatment and was diagnosed with acute stress disorder and PTSD. He underwent psychotherapy and was placed off work until September 22, 2017. Respondent sent Petitioner for an IME, where the doctor found Petitioner had reached MMI and could return to work, but Petitioner's treating doctors disagreed. Petitioner was terminated before returning to work and later found employment with the VA. The arbitrator must determine if Petitioner's condition was causally related to the work incident and the benefits owed.
The arbitration decision involved a workers' compensation claim filed by Petitioner against Respondent. Petitioner alleged he sustained injuries to his back on October 26, 2021 while unloading boxes from his delivery truck for Respondent. The decision addressed disputed issues including whether Petitioner's injuries arose out of his employment, whether his condition was causally related to the accident, whether medical bills were owed, and whether temporary disability benefits were owed. Based on the evidence presented, the arbitrator found in favor of Petitioner and ordered Respondent to pay outstanding medical bills and temporary disability benefits.
Scott Goldstein and Josh Rudolfi of Ankin Law won an Appellate Court decision that saw a school bus driver receive medical care and temporary total disability benefits after a shoulder injury at work. The veteran bus driver injured her arm and shoulder when she operated the manual lever to open the door to the school bus.
This document is an arbitration decision from the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission regarding a claim filed by an employee, [Petitioner], against their employer, Ed Miniat L.L.C., [Respondent]. The decision finds that the Petitioner sustained work-related accidents on October 18, 2019 and October 25, 2019 while employed by the Respondent as a sanitation technician. As a result, the Respondent is ordered to pay unpaid medical bills, temporary total disability benefits from July 17, 2020 to January 26, 2022, and authorize prospective medical treatment recommended by Petitioner's doctor.
This Week@Ankin Law is a weekly in-house newsletter highlighting noteworthy events of the week at Chicago's injury law firm. Featured this week of March 21, 2022 are Derek Lax, Security Training, Pothole Season, Waste Basket Basketball Challenge, Kaytlin Kirk, Bill Ramsay, and Jacky De LaMora.
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