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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A medical device sterilization company appears to have reached a $48 million settlement to potentially resolve hundreds of lawsuits over claims emissions from a Waukegan plant caused people living and working nearby to develop cancer. On March 4, attorneys for Isomedix, a subsidiary of Steris, filed a joint motion with attorneys representing some of the plaintiffs that have filed lawsuits…
More claimants interested in weight-loss drugs; few are covered in comp
The workers compensation industry has mostly rejected covering increasingly popular weight-loss injections, but that hasn’t stopped doctors treating injured workers from prescribing the drugs to patients, according to experts. Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. saw a 46% increase in prescriptions for drugs such as Ozempic, WeGovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound, but “very few” are approved by workers compensation payers, according to…
Plaintiff alleges medical negligence against United States Government after veteran’s suffering
A personal representative has filed a lawsuit against the United States of America, alleging medical negligence that resulted in severe injuries to a veteran. On February 21, 2025, Mary Kaye Depperschmidt, acting on behalf of the estate of Daniel Steinhauer, filed the complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The suit claims that the…