On Sunday, an accident on the Bishop Ford Freeway on the South Side of Chicago caused two fatalities. In the accident, a passenger car and a semi-trailer collided in the early hours of the morning. The accident occurred at 2:30 a.m. on the southbound side of the highway. According to Illinois State Police Officers, both>> Read More

Tesla Motors, the cutting edge electronic car company, will be unveiling a new car on October 9, 2014. Whether this car will be an updated Model S or a new model is not clear. There are also some suggestions that the flagship car is supposed to come in a convertible form or maybe a pickup>> Read More

In 2014 alone, the City of Chicago owed police brutality victims $100 million in lawsuit settlements. Police in Chicago have been videotaped viciously beating, strip-searching and stopping residents without cause. Police misconduct cases in Chicago have also involved torture in order to get confessions from individuals whether they were guilty or not. Chicago Police are>> Read More

General Motors (GM) problems are not only recall-related; one of the company’s latest offerings has been reported to be illegal in at least one aspect. General Motors highly anticipated sports vehicle, the 2015 Corvette comes equipped with a valet mode feature that records the occupants of the car when the driver turns the system on.>> Read More

In a bewildering accident on Sept. 13, 2014, a car with five people was involved in an accident near 700 West Erie Street in Chicago. The car, driven by 28-year old Philip Cho, careened off the road and dropped all the way onto the railroad tracks below the vehicle. Cho was the only person who>> Read More

Jim Hardy, an elite personal injury lawyer who has practiced at GWC Injury Lawyers for more than three decades, has recently been elected to the  board of directors for the Illinois chapter of Kids Chance. Kids Chance is an organization whose mission is to help give children of seriously and fatally injured workers a chance to achieve their>> Read More

The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism along with Louis Cairo and Colin OMalley of GWC Injury Lawyers are hosting a panel discussion on ethics and professionalism. Justice Frank Clarke, a Justice on the Supreme Court of Ireland, along with the Chairman of the Bar Council of Ireland, David Barniville, will be leading a judicial>> Read More

GWC Injury Lawyers, Illinois largest personal injury law firm, announces the launch of a newly redesigned website. Clients can access the website on all devices including tablets, smartphones, and computers. The website has been redesigned and upgraded in order to provide current, relevant and useful injury information to accident victims throughout Illinois. The firm wanted>> Read More

In our last post we discussed the death of a Hudson, Illinois, firefighter during a rescue operation. That firefighter died when a truck driver lost control and slammed into a car accident rescue scene. Another firefighter was recently injured on the job. A weekend commercial fire in East Chicago resulted in one firefighter being injured>> Read More

The tragic death of race car driver Kevin Ward has prompted questions about the legal issues that arise and remedies available when an unfortunate occurrence– like the one surrounding Ward’s death– takes place. Among these questions, the public is interested in knowing whether Wards family will be able to file a lawsuit against Tony Stewartthe>> Read More

Every August, the Mexican Consulate of Chicago — in collaboration with numerous government Agencies, attorneys and community organizations — conducts Labor Rights Week(“La Semana Laboral”) throughout the Chicagoland area. GWC attorney Raul Rodriguez represents the firm at Labor Rights week which is an annual gathering of representatives from the Consulate, the Department of Labor, National>> Read More

A Blue Line train jumped a platform and ended up on the escalator at O’Hare station earlier this morning around 2:50 A.M. Early reports provide some indication that the train was traveling faster than it normally would when pulling into a station and investigators are trying to figure out why the train was traveling so>> Read More