[Mystical]

hi, I have searched the web and I keep coming up with conflicting answers. We do have a lawyer but I would like to hear from someone else too so I am not relying on one person.

My husband injured his primary wrist at work. He was out of work for almost a year and had a revised surgery (our understanding is this surgery has only been performed at tops 10 times, not that I think it matters but thought I would put that in). At best he will regain 75% strength and 50% mobility in his wrist. It still hurts him just to sign his name finished his rehab over 6 months ago. They don't feel he needs more rehab since he is almost at the 75%/50% mark.

Anyway on to my question...
I have read for permanent partial disability (which i assume that is where he would be classified) in IL it is a max of 3 years salary as a compensation. I have also read up to 500 weeks (which is well beyond the 3 years) and one other I have read had nothing to do with a salary but with the extent of the injury. At this point I don't know what to believe.

What I do know is the original offer was about 5 months salary and the lawyer rejected it pretty much on the spot.

Also I wanted to know do they deduct the pay he received during his medical leave from the settlement amount. Meaning if lets say it is a 3 year cap and he was out for a year would they cap it at 2 years?

sorry for such a long post
and thank you in advance for the replies

[Mr. Knowitall]

Go here, grab the appropriate manual for the date when the injury occurred, and read the portion on PPD.

[Mystical]

Go here, grab the appropriate manual for the date when the injury occurred, and read the portion on PPD.

I appreciate the link but it doesn't really answer any questions as the info listed on all the calculators, web pages, state pages etc do not list the wrist at all. Nor do they offer any information on anything that is not listed. The body parts that are listed are things like finger or arm toe or foot... so there is really no set info for a calculation for a wrist.