Two people have been killed in a wrong-way crash with a drunk driver in southwest suburban Clarendon Hills, IL. Drunk Driver Kills Two, Injures Two Others On the early morning of October 20, 2019, at approximately 2:47 a.m., 25-year-old Juan Rodea-Cruz was driving northbound on Route 83, just north of 55th Street, when he veered>> Read More

GWC Injury Lawyers congratulates Timothy J. Keiser, Deanna Cairo Arthur, and Louis Anthony Cairo for being named 2019 Emerging Lawyers. The Emerging Lawyers award honors top attorneys who are age 40 or younger or who have practiced law for no more than 10 years. Fewer than two percent of all attorneys licensed in each state>> Read More

The Cook County Sheriff’s Office has announced that it is cracking down on distracted drivers as part of a new initiative to enforce the state’s distracted driving laws. “100 Percent Preventable” Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart announced the new enforcement program, dubbed “Operation Deadly Distractions,” on Oct. 23, 2019. The plan will target distracted drivers>> Read More

Four drug companies have reached a settlement worth $260 million just hours before the first trial for a federal opioid lawsuit was set to begin. Opioid Lawsuit Settled Hours Before Trial The four defendants settling the case were McKesson Corp., Cardinal Health Inc., AmerisourceBergen Corp., and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. They reached a settlement between>> Read More

Johnson & Johnson has recalled a shipment of baby powder after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) discovered evidence of asbestos contamination, a development that may help thousands of lawsuits linking the company’s baby powder products to cancer. Asbestos Detected in Baby Powder Sold Online A spokesman for Johnson & Johnson announced the recall on October 18,>> Read More

There are now at least 31 known vaping illness deaths in the United States, with the most recent deaths being confirmed in Minnesota. Minnesota Reports Three Total Deaths Minnesota health officials announced the two latest vaping illness deaths on October 16, 2019. They represent the second and third vaping deaths in the state. The first>> Read More

A dump truck struck and killed a pedestrian in a crosswalk in the Hermosa neighborhood on Chicago’s Northwest Side. Dump Truck Reportedly Disregarded Stop Sign On October 14, 2019, at about 12:30 p.m., an unidentified 32-year-old male pedestrian was walking on Dickens Avenue, proceeding through its intersection with Pulaski Road from within a crosswalk. At>> Read More

GWC’s Louis Anthony Cairo recently obtained a $1,250,000.00 settlement for three clients who were injured in a multi-vehicle accident in Wayne, IL. Multi-Vehicle Accident with Serious Injuries In May 2017, a twenty-year-old college student was driving northbound on Dunham Road, approaching its intersection with Surrey Road in Wayne, IL, with his two minor brothers as>> Read More

Pharmaceutical manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is recalling the popular heartburn drug Zantac in all markets as a “precaution,” just days after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found “unacceptable” levels of a probable cancer-causing impurity known as N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA). Zantac May Contain High Levels of NDMA On October 8, 2019, GSK said it was recalling four>> Read More

New legislation will be introduced in Congress that would cap the amount of nicotine in e-cigarettes to combat their use among young people. Concentrations to Be Capped at 20 Milligrams Per Milliliter On October 7, 2019, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi announced the introduction of the END ENDS Act. The proposed legislation would cap e-cigarette nicotine concentrations>> Read More

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is calling for new limo seatbelt requirements in the wake of a deadly limo crash in upstate New York. Agency Proposes Tighter Safety Regulations The NTSB’s safety recommendations were released on October 2, 2019, nearly a year after a notorious limo crash that left twenty people dead. On October>> Read More

At least five people have been injured in a multi-vehicle accident in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on Chicago’s Far South Side. Three Vehicles Involved in the Crash Authorities responded to a crash involving three vehicles at about 8:47 p.m. on September 28, 2019. The multi-vehicle accident took place on the 8700 block of South Halsted Street,>> Read More