Illinois No. 1 for Claimants' Attorney Involvement; N.J. a Close Contender

BOSTON — Injured workers in Illinois are more likely to lawyer up than any of 18 states studied by the Workers Compensation Research Institute, while only a small fraction of claimants in Wisconsin and Texas had legal representation, according to preliminary findings released Friday on the close of the institute’s annual conference. Using data collected as part of its annual CompScope benchmark reports, WCRI researchers reported that workers had attorneys in 52% of Illinois claims with more than seven days of lost work time. New Jersey was a close second at 49%, with Georgia ...