The attorneys representing Dr. David Dao, who had been injured when Chicago Department of Aviation officers forcibly removed him from a United Airlines flight, have announced that they have reached a settlement with the airline. The terms remain undisclosed, though Dr. Dao’s attorneys called the settlement “amicable.” On April 9th, Dr. Dao and his wife>> Read More

Though Chicago was recently named Best Bike City in the United States by Bicycling Magazine, which cited its protected bike lanes and bike-sharing service, it also has a development on the rise that is especially unfriendly to bicyclists: Dooring accidents. According to a recently released report by the Illinois Department of Transportation, there were 302>> Read More

GWC Injury Lawyers partner Michael D. Fisher and attorney Bennett J. Baker have settled a lawsuit on behalf of a carpenter who was injured in a scaffold accident on a construction site for a value of more than $4,318,000.00. The Plaintiff, a union carpenter who was erecting siding at a multi-building construction site, was working>> Read More

GWC Injury Lawyers partner Michael D. Fisher and attorney Michael W. Kopsick have obtained a $1,725,000.00 settlement for their client, a union carpenter, who suffered extreme injuries during the construction of a grocery store because of work site negligence. The carpenter had been stepping through a doorway undergoing construction when he tripped over a segment>> Read More

A Pinckneyville-area high school art teacher was recently awarded workers’ compensation benefits for injuries she suffered as a result of her school’s Senior Prank Day. In the matter of Field v. Pinckneyville Community H.S. Dist. 101, Ms. Field testified that she was unable to pull her vehicle into the school parking lot on the morning>> Read More

An intoxicated driver who was under the influence of both narcotics and alcohol has been charged on multiple counts stemming from a crash on Chicago’s Southwest Side the previous week that left one man dead. Giovanni Roman, 24, was driving his 2001 Acura in the 6300 block of Harlem Avenue on the early morning of>> Read More

A recent study by Cambridge Mobile Telematics detailed the prevalence of distracted driving, which is involved in the majority of automotive crashes in the United States. Cambridge Mobile Telematics, a company that makes driving applications for auto insurance companies, found that distracted driving occurred during 52 percent of motor vehicle crashes. Moreover, nearly one in>> Read More

According to an April 13, 2017 press release by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Standard Homeopathic Company announced an expanded recall of all lots of its Hyland’s Baby Teething Tablets and Hyland’s Baby Nighttime Teething Tablets sold in retail stores out of concerns for possible infant health risks from the teething aids,>> Read More

As millions have already seen from videos posted on traditional news and social media outlets, Dr. David Dao was injured on the evening of April 9, 2017, on United Airlines Flight 3411 when Chicago Department of Aviation officers forcibly removed him at the airline’s request. Now, according to Dr. Dao’s attorney, he may be pursuing>> Read More

An Oak Lawn man has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and child endangerment following an Easter morning wrong-way crash in Chicago’s Kenwood neighborhood that left four hospitalized. At approximately 6:45 a.m. on April 16, 2017, Roderick E. Smith, 39, was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive, near>> Read More

On April 13, 2017, discount retailing giant Target recalled Hatch & Grow Easter Eggs, Easter Grow Toys, and Hatch Your Own Dino Toys because they presented an ingestion hazard to young children. Some 560,000 units of the water-absorbing toys have been recalled. Target stated that, if the toys are ingested, they can expand inside the>> Read More

Two people are dead following a motorcycle crash with a minivan in northwest suburban McHenry, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. At approximately 7:53 p.m. on April 9, 49-year-old Dennis Edward Spears Jr., of Carpentersville, was operating his 2017 Harley Davidson southbound on River Road, approaching its intersection with Charles Miller Road. Tanya Schafer,>> Read More