At the law offices of GWC Injury Lawyers, we would like to take a moment to wish all of our family, friends and clients a safe and happy Thanksgiving! We’d like to also kindly remind everyone to please exercise extra caution if you are traveling home for Thanksgiving, especially as the winter holiday season approaches.>> Read More

On Sunday Nov. 23rd, five people were injured in a rollover accident on I-90 and the Des Plaines Oasis. On Sunday afternoon, in an accident involving a single vehicle, Illinois State Police reported that two kids were ejected from the car as it crashed and rolled over. The two children sustained non-life threatening injuries and>> Read More

Each year, thousands of construction workers across the United States are injured on the job. Construction workers who support their families may find themselves unable to work and on the brink of financial ruin. At GWC Injury Lawyers, our construction accident lawyers help construction workers get the financial compensation they deserve. Many of our clients>> Read More

One of the hardest things that an employee can go through is losing the ability to work due to a disability. The disability claims process is incredibly complicated, and many individuals who deserve disability payments give up on the process. The following disability application tips can mean the difference between an approved application and an>> Read More

Honda Motors, the auto manufacturer whose vehicles have caused Takata airbag fatalities, announced a new and fifth fatality on Thursday Nov. 13. Honda announced that a driver who died in July in Malaysia died after injuries caused by exploding shrapnel from a defective Takata airbag. This is the fifth fatality that has been linked to>> Read More

In what is quickly becoming a popular segment on WCIU’s “You & Me” morning show, our very own Lou Cairo appeared on the November 19th edition of “Lawsuit or No Lawsuit” to discuss some common situations that many people from Illinois may face on daily basis and could result in requiring the services of a personal>> Read More

On Tuesday Nov. 18th, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced a mandatory recall of all vehicles whose drivers side airbags were equipped with inflators made by Takata Corporation. The defective inflators manufactured by Takata have the potential to rupture the airbags and send metal shrapnel into the torsos of drivers and passengers. Earlier>> Read More

Reuters has announced that Takata, the Japanese airbag manufacturer that has recalled airbags affecting more than 17 million vehicles, has altered the chemical compounds they use in airbag propellants. Though the company has not made an official announcement, an anonymous Takata official has stated that the composition was altered but also stated that the old>> Read More

Takata, a Japanese auto supplier that provides nearly a quarter of the worlds airbags, is facing massive recalls after their airbags were discovered to rupture and wound drivers and passengers with metal projectiles. In the last 18 months more than 14 million cars worldwide have been recalled due to a deadly airbag defect that can>> Read More

Worldwide, more than 14 million Takata airbag defect recall announcements have been made. Of these, more than 7 million vehicles were sold in the United States in the last 18 months. The Takata airbag defects involve a defective inflator that can cause airbags to fall apart and rupture thereby releasing metal shrapnel into the faces>> Read More

In a horrific construction site accident in Chicago, one construction worker was killed and an additional three workers were injured. On Saturday Nov. 1, 2014, construction workers were working on a building at 63rd and Keeler. While the workers were still inside the building, it collapsed. According to news reports, the workers were replacing the>> Read More

In a tragic accident, two 16-year-old girls were killed in a fatal Erie, IL car accident. The girls have been identified as Ashley Wunderlich and Samantha Stablein. The crash investigation is continuing and it is unclear what caused the accident. Details reveal that the driver of the car lost control of the vehicle at 10:30>> Read More