To give you a rough turnaround time from agreeing on a workers’ compensation settlement to actually receiving your check: first, your lawyer will need to draft the settlement paperwork for you to review and sign. That process can take anywhere from a few days to a couple of weeks. Once you’ve reviewed, understood, and signed the documents, they are sent back to the insurance company or their attorney. After that, a hearing is scheduled in the Workers’ Compensation Court. At the hearing, you’ll go over the settlement terms again, answer questions from your lawyer in front of the judge to show you understand the agreement, and then the judge will decide whether to approve it. Once the settlement is approved, the insurance company has 14 days to send your check. So, from start to finish, the whole process typically takes anywhere from a few weeks to a couple of months.