In another unprecedented move today, the Illinois Workers Compensation Commission repealed the emergency rule amendment entered April 15, 2020. Recall that Governor Pritzker announced the amendment in his daily briefing, indicating that all frontline workers who test positive for COVID-19 would be entitled to a rebuttable presumption that they contracted the virus at work. This…
Here’s to the Essential Workers. If you are still working outside your home during the Shelter-in-place order and you are diagnosed with COVID-19, contact Black & Jones immediately to find out what your rights are. Don’t bear the burden and cost of this virus yourself! Call us at 815-967-9000 for a free consultation!
Today, the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission made the unprecedented move of enacting an emergency amendment to the Rules Governing the Practice before the Commission to help protect our first responders and front line workers. The amendment provides that in any case where a first responder or front-line worker is infected with COVID-19 virus and that…
COVID-19, otherwise known as the “coronavirus”, is having a huge impact throughout our entire country. While we pray no one reading this gets sick from it, the reality is that there is a good chance you might. And we want to make sure you know your rights ahead of time if you are exposed to…
Here’s to the workers! Attorney Tracy Jones helps builders, drivers, welders with workers’ compensation representation.
Meet Attorney Tracy Jones at Black and Jones Attorneys at Law, a Northern Illinois native who grew up in Rochelle, Illinois, now dedicating her career to serving the people of the area.
On September 19, 2011, Vietnam Veterans of America published an investigative report outlining their findings regarding the online targeting of American servicemembers and veterans by foreign entities. The full report can be found at http://vva.org/trollreport/ . The investigation revealed that thousands of veterans and servicemembers are being solicited online through social media accounts created and…
Are you a veteran that served aboard a vessel that operated within 12 nautical miles from the demarcation line of the waters of Vietnam and Cambodia between January 9, 1962 and May 7, 1975? Do you suffer from medical conditions that have been linked to exposure to herbicides like Agent Orange? Up until recently, if…
Last week, House Bill 2028 became law drastically increasing benefits paid to the families of our law enforcement officers and firefighters tragically killed while in the line of duty. This is such an important and well deserved change. Every year, hundreds of officers and firefighters are killed while responding to emergencies protecting and serving our…
I have had several firefighters, EMTs and paramedics ask me if they can get compensation for their heart or lung disease under “the new Heart and Lung Act.” My answer to them is that there is no “Heart and Lung Act”, but if you are a first responder, you are afforded special consideration under the…
