GWC’s Michael D. Fisher and Louis Anthony Cairo recently obtained a verdict of over $418,000.00 from a Jo Daviess County jury for a client who was run over by a tractor. The jury’s verdict far exceeded the Defendant’s proposed settlement of $210,000.00, which had been offered and taken back only the night before the three-day>> Read More

Texting while driving has proven to be a troublingly pervasive phenomenon on America’s roads today. A recent study showed that nearly half of all drivers polled admitted to texting while driving, a dangerous activity that routinely causes auto accidents. Faced with such daunting crash statistics, some lawmakers have had enough. The Chicago City Council is>> Read More

Imagine you’ve just been in an auto accident, which is one of the most traumatic events you can experience in everyday life. You’re in shock, you’re confused, and to make matters worse, you’re injured. Fortunately, you have the presence of mind to exchange insurance information with the driver who hit you. You do the right>> Read More

Contaminated romaine lettuce has been linked to an E. coli outbreak that first appeared in Canada approximately seven weeks ago. A similar E. coli outbreak also recently erupted in the United States, including in Illinois, though American health officials have not yet officially linked it to romaine lettuce. Canada: Romaine Lettuce Source of E. Coli>> Read More

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been rolling out new guidelines discouraging Medicare from levying fines against nursing homes that place residents at grave risk of injury or cause them harm, even in cases that resulted in death. The nursing home industry has applauded the changes,>> Read More

Eleven lawsuits have been filed against the State of Illinois over a fatal outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in a western Illinois veterans’ home. Three outbreaks have occurred in the facility since 2015, leaving a total of 13 dead and at least 61 sickened. What Is Legionnaires’ Disease? Legionnaires’ disease is a form of waterborne pneumonia.>> Read More

On December 27, 2017, Cook County filed suit against many of the nation’s top pharmaceutical companies in order to recover costs incurred from widespread opioid addiction. This civil action makes the county just the latest of the dozens of government bodies nationwide to have filed an opioid lawsuit. National Opioid Crisis It’s hard to follow>> Read More

Distracted driving has been defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as engaging in activities that involve manual, visual, or cognitive distraction while driving – basically, any activity that takes a driver’s hands off the steering wheel or his or her eyes or mind off the road. One of the most dangerous forms>> Read More