







Workers who are killed in the course of employment often leave behind spouses and/or children who were dependent on them. Legal remedies for survivors include Workers’ Compensation and wrongful death claims against negligent parties other than employers.
A workplace accident is normally compensable through a Workers’ Compensation claim. Workers’ Compensation in Illinois has provisions for death and survivor’s benefits as follows:
The survivor or survivors may be: (1) spouse and young children, (2) totally dependent parents or (3) persons who were at least 50 percent dependent on the employee at the time of death. An attorney at Anesi, Ozmon, Rodin, Novak & Kohen Ltd., can explain the process of filing successful Worker’s Compensation death and dependency claims in Illinois. Contact us for a no-obligation consultation.
Sometimes a workplace accident involves third-party liability — fault of someone other than the employer. The liable party may be a manufacturer or a subcontractor, to name two possibilities. In this case, a personal injury claim against the liable party may help survivors recover compensation for the death of a loved one on the job. Illinois Statute 740, Section 180, provides compensation for survivors “whenever the death of a person [is] caused by wrongful act, neglect or default.”
Financial compensation cannot replace a husband, wife, mother, father, son or daughter. It can, however, enable a survivor to have the means with which to move forward to recovery after the death of a loved one. Loss of the society and companionship is an even greater loss than loss of income of the deceased for many people. Discuss with one of our attorneys the types of compensation that are available to you after your next of kin was killed in a workplace accident.
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Anesi, Ozmon, Rodin, Novak & Kohen Ltd., with offices in Chicago, represents clients throughout the state of Illinois, in communities such as Joliet, Rockford, Aurora, Peoria, Kankakee, Rock Island, Wheaton, Champaign-Urbana, Ottawa, and Springfield.