An Aurora, Illinois, street-racing accident killed one and seriously injured another on Dec. 4, 2015. The 16-year-old teen behind the wheel now faces felony charges as a juvenile for reckless homicide, as well as aggravated street racing. A 49-year-old Aurora man and his 15-year-old daughter were in a Toyota Highlander stopped at a stop sign>> Read More

In June 2011, the plaintiff was working in a crew assigned with the work of cleaning graffiti off of the walls of the Darwin Public School in Chicago, on a project where FH Paschen, S.N. Nielsen Inc., was the general contractor. The crew used a ladder jack scaffold which was comprised of two extension ladders>> Read More

On Aug. 26, 2009, a construction superintendent was surveying an interstitial ceiling space in a high-rise building for the purpose of designing a mechanical system to be retrofit into the ceiling area. The area was unlit, filled with asbestos insulated trusses and numerous obstructions. The crew was dispatched with nothing but headlamps and no warning>> Read More

GWC Injury Lawyers is pleased to announce a settlement of $350,000 reached by attorney Donn LaHaie on behalf of an injured client in a contested workers compensation case. Our client is an Illinois mechanic who injured his leg and both hands while working. Although the workers compensation insurance company easily accepted his leg injury, it>> Read More

GWC Injury Lawyers is proud to announce that the firm has obtained a seven figure settlement on behalf of a 29-year-old ironworker who fell over 20 feet from a deck. According to the lawsuit, the contractor failed to properly tack weld a steel deck panel to the supporting steel frame. When the ironworker stepped on>> Read More

The aging process presents new obstacles that can make driving unsafe if not addressed. In efforts to increase awareness of such issues and keep drivers safe, the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) is sponsoring Older Driver Safety Awareness Week, which runs Dec. 7th through 11th, 2015. Through this initiative, AOTA aims to improve understanding of>> Read More

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) hosted a rally in Downtown Chicago Monday in anticipation of a strike should the union not be able to come to terms with Chicago Public Schools (CPS). The CTU and CPS are in the midst of ongoing contract negotiations amid the threat of significant teacher layoffs. According to the union,>> Read More

In the city that is known as one of the worst for Thanksgiving travel, the holiday weekend brought a number of deadly accidents in and around Chicago. A woman was killed and two others, including a two-year-old, were injured in a single-vehicle accident on the Dan Ryan Expressway around 12:30 a.m. on Friday morning. According>> Read More