Goldberg Weisman Cairo announced today that it would be dedicating resources towards the investigation of the Toyota Recalls. GWC has received multiple calls from victims of faulty vehicles, and is dedicated to help them recover for the harm caused.

GWC has collected more than one billion dollars for its injured clients and is one of the few Illinois law firms that has the necessary resources to invest in order to prevail in a major piece of litigation like this.

Goldberg Weisman Cairo is proud to announce that it addressed more than 1,000 members at Operation Push Headquarters on the invitation of Rev. Jesse Jackson. Goldberg Weisman Cairo has a long-standing history and commitment to serving the needs of the African American community in Chicago. This fact was recognized by the Rev. Jesse Jackson when he invited Goldberg Weisman Cairo to Operation Push Headquarters to help his congregants deal with the tragic situation that has unfolded at Burr Oak Cemetery.

A lawsuit is expected to be filed today on behalf of numerous families who have just learned that the sanctity of their loved ones’ gravesites have been violated.  This shocking news has spread across the country and the rights of these families will be brought before the judicial system right here in the County where the unconscionable conduct occurred.  The family is being represented by Louis C. Cairo of Goldberg, Weisman & Cairo, Ltd.

In a nursing home without a sprinkler system, it doesn't take long for a cigarette in a trash can to ignite some nearby curtains and then spread to a resident's bed and eventually to the entire room. 

But as simulated burn situations demonstrate, when sprinklers are in place, there's much less damage and risk to human life. Tom Lia is with the Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board.

Goldberg Weisman Cairo to represent 3 members of a Crestwood family who died from drinking contaminated water. 

A lawsuit was filed on February 11, 2009, on behalf of the Estate of Sarah Wentworth, a nursing home resident found frozen to death outside of the Arbor of Itasca,  the nursing home where she resided. The family is being represented by Louis C. Cairo and Christopher P. Hughes of GWC.  The lawsuit alleges that the nursing home failed to take adequate steps to insure the safety of Ms. Wentworth who was entrusted to their care.

A lawsuit was filed on Monday morning, May 19, 2008, on behalf of the Estate of Igor Shteyn, one of the two nursing home residents killed in a tragic fire at the Hampton Plaza Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Niles on Wednesday of this week. The family is being represented by Louis C. Cairo of Goldberg, Weisman & Cairo, Ltd. in Chicago, Illinois. The lawsuit alleges that the nursing home failed to take adequate steps to insure that a safe or adequate emergency response system was in place at the time of the deadly fire.

GWC partner, Lawrence Ruder, secured a $2,000,000 Will County settlement for a 20 year old that lost his arm in an automobile crash. Gomez v. Comar Drilling Company, et. al. The crash, which occurred in July 2005, caused Jose Alfredo Gomez to lose his left arm when a truck driven by an employee of Comar Drilling Company from the Joliet area crossed into his lane and hit his van head-on. Mr. Gomez was driving from his painting job in rural Yorkville to his home in Waukegan at the time.

By Art Peterson for the Lake County News-Sun

A Lake County jury deliberated for less than three hours Wednesday afternoon before awarding $2.03 million to the family of an immigrant in a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Waukegan.

Wilson “Alex” Lopez-Ochoa was 21 when his car was struck by a Waukegan police squad car driven by officer Michael Newman on Super Bowl Sunday 2005. The Honduran man died hours later.

In 2005, Meza moved his family from Waukegan to Round Lake, citing mistreatment by the city's police because of the color of his skin. He returned on Monday to speak out against that treatment at a rally honoring a 21-year-old friend who was killed two years ago this month when his car was struck by a Waukegan police squad car.

“Prosecutors announced 14 additional felony charges Friday against a Chicago police officer whose videotaped beating of a female bartender made international headlines.

Anthony Abbate, a 12-year department veteran, was charged with seven counts of official misconduct, one count of communicating with a witness, three counts of intimidation and three counts of conspiracy, Cook County State's Attorney’s office spokeswoman Tandra Simonton said...”

— February 27, 2007