Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC is a law firm serving Indiana and Illinois. We concentrate in Workers’ Compensation, Personal Injury Law and Social Security Disability.
Our firm is recognized as a leader in Workers’ Compensation and Personal Injury litigation, with attorneys whose experience spans decades.
Our location in Crown Point, Indiana gives us the privileged position of being able to represent clients throughout Indiana, the Chicago metropolitan area and Illinois.
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Gov. JB Pritzker has shrugged off calls to veto legislation that critics say will create more lawsuits for Illinois courts to handle while giving trial lawyers more shots at huge paydays. SB328 has been waiting for action for months, and on Friday Pritzker finally signed it into law. It will drag companies that have no or limited footprints in Illinois…
Violence against educators increases, triggering more workers comp claims
Aggression against people working with schoolchildren has been increasing steadily since the COVID-19 pandemic, causing a spike in workers compensation claims even though claims are rarely filed for injuries stemming from such violence, experts say. Violence and aggression against educators, which was on the rise pre-pandemic, rebounded “sharply” after 2022, with 56% of teachers reporting physical violence from students in…
Back and shoulder injuries tend to be most costly in comp: study
Claims involving degenerative back conditions tended to be among the most costly, at an average of $120,000 in medical and indemnity payments, according to a study released Thursday by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. WCRI studied “high-cost” shoulder and back injury claims, described as those that hit $100,000 or just below, and found that 42% of degenerative back claims fell…