A Chicago man was injured in a Burnside construction accident last Monday. The Chicago Tribune reports that the injured construction worker was performing demolition work at a home when the front porch’s roof collapsed on him. The 60-year-old worker was rushed to Northwestern Memorial Hospital with neck and back injuries. He was reportedly in stable>> Read More

A growing controversy is swirling around the naming of a span of I-70 that connects Illinois and Missouri in the St. Louis area. Illinois Senator Dick Durbin recently announced proposed legislation to name the Interstate 70 bridge after baseball star Stan Musial, but many believe that the bridge should be named after a carpenter who>> Read More

Federal investigators have found that the death of an Illinois construction worker was due to lax safety procedures at a mine construction site. A report issued by the Mine Safety and Health Administration says that the fatal construction accident happened on May 15, 2012 when the worker was knocked over by an overloaded hose. The>> Read More

An Elk Grove Village-based contractor was recently cited by federal officials for exposing its workers to serious construction site injuries. OSHA officials say that Mike Neri Sewer & Water Contractor Inc. exposed its workers to cave-in hazards at a Des Plaines construction site. “This is not the first time this contractor has exposed vulnerable workers>> Read More

As the snow begins to thaw in Illinois roadside construction projects will slowly get underway. Although pothole repair and bridge work are an annual occurrence, many drivers will still fail to drive responsibly in construction zones. Irresponsible driving behaviors are a primary contributing factor to the large number of construction zone crashes which occur in>> Read More

A Wonder Lake roofing company was recently fined by federal officials for exposing its workers to serious construction site fall injuries. Regulators from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration are proposing more than $87,000 in fines against Zamastil Exteriors arising out of safety violations found during two worksite inspections. “When working>> Read More

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 personal 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,>> Read More

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>> Read More

Four workers were killed in October when a Miami parking structure collapsed on its crew. The construction accident happened at the site of suburban Miami-Dade College’s Doral campus, and generated national headlines. The first wrongful death lawsuit related to the construction accident was filed this week. The lawsuit was brought by the family of a>> Read More

Last week, Carolyn Towns, the former director of Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois, received a twelve-year prison sentence for her involvement in the cemetery scandal that came to light in the summer of 2009.  Towns pled guilty to six out of the seven felony counts levied against her, including dismembering a human body, damaging>> Read More

GWC attorneys Colin O’Malley and Joseph Sorce today settled the lawsuit for an apprentice millwright injured during the 2005 re-tooling at the Chrysler Assembly Plant in Belvidere, Illinois.Apprentice millwright, James Susan, lost his left hand when he attempted to take a measurement alongside an active conveyor chain. During four years of litigation, the defendants blamed>> Read More

The Illinois injury lawyers at GWC Injury Lawyers prove once again that when commitment and preparation meet skill and passion, great things happen for their injury clients. The Illinois Trial Lawyers’ Association recently featured two noteworthy results, achieved by GWC lawyers, which underscore this concept:The two featured cases are Goldstein and the Estate of Jaime>> Read More