Royal Truck and Equipment, a specialty vehicle manufacturer based in Pennsylvania, has designed self-driving road maintenance trucks that will be used on Florida roads later this year. These trucks will be equipped with crash bars and strobe lights, and are designed to serve as a barrier between highway construction workers and traffic. The crash trucks>> Read More

General Motors was part of a massive recall last year of over 2.6 million vehicles because of faulty ignition switches. This led to 4,000 plus claims received by Attorney Kenneth Feinberg, an attorney hired by GM to compensate victims. Of the 4,000 claims, an estimated 90 percent were denied. Officials say the defective GM switches>> Read More

On August 23, 2015, House Bill 2462 was signed into law. This law allows video cameras and audio monitoring devices to be installed in residential rooms of Illinois nursing homes and rehabilitation facilities by residents or their family members. Despite having strict guidelines and laws to help regulate the industry, nursing home abuse is increasing>> Read More

Motorists have an obligation to follow the posted rules and road signs that safely direct traffic. When a driver fails to do this, either intentionally or through negligence, injuries can happen. In the case of a failure to yield auto accident, most accidents happen when a driver attempts to make an unprotected turn, often entering>> Read More

According to the National Safety Council, there was a 14 percent increase in traffic deaths over the first six months of 2015. Automobile accident injuries also increased 33 percent. Nearly 19,000 deaths have occurred through June. The increase in traffic deaths was realized in the last quarter of 2014 and has consistently increased through June>> Read More

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recently announced a recall of all Nap Nanny and Nap Nanny Chill infant recliners. The recliners are manufactured by Pennsylvania-based Baby Matters LLC. The company was sued by the CPSC last December to recall these defective products. So far the agency has received at least 92 incident reports involving>> Read More

You never know when youll be in need of a personal injury lawyer, so its helpful to know what exactly we do, and how we can help you in your time of need. Armed with that knowledge you may realize its in your best interest to hire a personal injury lawyer for your case, particularly>> Read More

For many years, the law offices of GWC Injury Lawyers have been advocates for helping students to achieve their educational goals. In the August, 2015 edition of WCIU’s “Case or No Case” segment, GWC partner and Illinois personal injury attorney Lou Cairo took the opportunity to proudly announce the winners of the annual “GWC Cook County>> Read More

Parents put the safety of their children in the hands of bus drivers every day when they send their children off to school on the school bus. They trust that the school system employs bus drivers who are properly trained and hold the correct licenses. They trust that the bus their child rides on has>> Read More

As much as we all would like to think that we have a right to vacation benefits, we dont. Paid time off is actually a benefit that employers choose to provide to their employees. Because of this they have control over what their vacation benefits policy looks like, though, there are state and federal labor>> Read More

Illinois authorities confirm eight residents of the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy have confirmed cases of Legionnaires disease. Agency officials are working closely with the Adams County Health Department to identify and mitigate possible sources of the Legionellaoutbreak. Officials say test results are pending for other residents, and say so far no deaths are related>> Read More

When it comes to drunk driving, more Americans than you think have broken the law.  At the law offices of GWC Injury Lawyers, when we represent clients who have been injured or the families of those who have been killed by drunk drivers, we pursue damages to the full extent of the law. According to>> Read More