The Construction Injury Lawyers

Goldberg Weisman Cairo is Illinois' largest personal injury and workers' compensation law firm with over one billion dollars in verdicts and settlements secured on behalf of its clients.  GWC is known as the "construction injury law firm"  by construction workers throughout Illinois. Building trades unions and organizations regularly turn to the injury lawyers at GWC when a member is injured and GWC has been honored with official designations by many of the states largest unions. No other law firm is more well respected by its adversaries and no other law firm represents more injured union construction workers than the chicago accident law firm, GWC...click to read more

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Cook County Jury Awards $5 Million to West African Family of 28-Year-Old Woman Killed in Indiana Crash
A Cook County jury deliberated yesterday until 5:00 P.M. after a three-and-a-half day trial and awarded the Estate of Hawa Sissoko $5 million for her tragic death on May 30, 2007. The trial centered around a high-speed collision involving this young woman who was standing in the middle of the right driving lane on Indiana Toll Road 80/94, behind her stopped vehicle at the Chesterton exit in Indiana. Whether her vehicle was disabled, ran out of gas, had a flat tire, or was “intentionally” stopped in the middle of the highway, we will never truly know the circumstances that led to Ms. Sissoko’s untimely death.
Chicago Personal Injury Lawyers Reach $8 Million Settlement In Colorado Case Despite "Capped" Non-Economic Damage Law
An $8,000,000 settlement was reached in a mild traumatic brain/vascular injury case in Boulder, Colorado by two trial lawyers from Chicago's Largest Injury Law Firm, GWC! This settlement includes an apportionment of $400,000 for spousal loss of consortium and $100,000 for a minor son’s leg fracture and exceeds the largest reported verdict in Colorado ever, by over $2 million for a TBI injury!
GWC Secures $8,376,000.00 Jury Verdict for Injured Indiana Bricklayer
On October 25, 2011, a Cook County Jury awarded a gross verdict of $8,376,000.00 to a Local 21 bricklayer for a serious heel injury that he suffered in an Indiana construction accident on May 30, 2006. The case was tried before Judge Suriano, by Colin J. O’Malley and Joseph P. Sorce of Goldberg Weisman Cairo in Chicago, Illinois. The lawsuit was filed against Emil Perrotta Co, Inc., a carpenter subcontractor working the Chicago area.

Welcome to Goldberg Weisman Cairo

Chicago Personal Injury Lawyers and Workers' Compensation Lawyers

It is no accident that Goldberg Weisman Cairo has become the largest Personal Injury law firm and Workers' Compensation law firm in Illinois. The reason for our success is simple: our happy clients and their families who have placed their trust and confidence in our firm for more than 30 years and have referred other injury victims to GWC have enabled us to grow into the well respected law firm we are today. Our philosophy is also simple: treat our clients like we would want to be treated, be available to answer their questions, call them back when we are not, treat every client with respect and get every client fantastic results.  

With 33 experienced and dedicated injury trial lawyers, a large support staff and the unlimited resources we have acquired over the years, we are able to spend the necessary time and money to get you the justice and compensation you deserve.   We like practicing law and we like fighting for our clients. We treat the small cases like we treat our big cases. We don't cut corners and we don't settle cheap to avoid a trial. Insurance companies know that our lawyers love to try cases, and we prepare every case as if it was going to trial. The combination of that preparation and our reputation is what allows most of our cases to settle for maximum value without the expense and uncertainty of a trial. At GWC, a client is never compromised and we are not satisfied until our client is satisfied. That is why so many of our clients refer their friends and family to GWC when they are injured in an accident.

Each personal injury attorney and workers’ compensation attorney at GWC has a comprehensive knowledge of the law and the experience necessary to provide our clients with unparalleled legal representation.  If you or a loved one has been injured in an accident at work or through the fault of a third party, put your confidence in a trusted Illinois injury attorney and contact the Chicago injury lawyers and Chicago workers' compensation lawyers at GWC to obtain a free consultation.  While some Illinois personal injury lawyers and Illinois workers' compensation lawyers only have limited experience in certain aspects of the law, the personal injury attorneys and workers' compensation attorneys at GWC have expertise in a broad-range of practice areas including: Auto Accidents, Workers' Compensation Cases, Construction Accidents, Wrongful Death Cases, Nursing Home Abuse, Slip and Fall Cases, Premises Liability, Spinal Cord Injuries, Brain Injuries, DePuy Hip Replacement Lawsuits, Train Accidents, Bus Accidents, Airplane Accidents, Medical Malpractice, Toxic Torts, Accutane Lawsuits, Mesothelioma Lawsuits, and Avandia Lawsuits, just to name a few.  

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