GWC Partners Daniel H. Streckert and Joseph P. Sorce have obtained a $6.2 million settlement for a brother and sister who were injured in a 2016 collision with a semi-tractor in Calumet City, IL. Semi-Tractor Strikes Clients’ Sedan On the morning of October 3, 2016, while traveling southbound on Wentworth Avenue through its intersection with>> Read More

GWC’s Joseph P. Sorce and Lawrence J. Amato have obtained a $2.5 million settlement for a union electrician who was injured in a tractor-trailer accident in McCook, IL. Union Electrician Suffers “Crush Injury” GWC’s client is a union electrician and a proud member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 134, for nearly>> Read More

A lawsuit has been filed against a Schaumburg hotel by a former guest who claims to have contracted Legionnaires’ disease while staying there. Disease Allegedly Contracted During Hotel Stay The lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County on November 7, 2019. The plaintiff reported staying at the AmericInn by Wyndham Hotel between>> Read More

A Lombard man has been charged with reckless homicide for his role in an Oak Brook crash that resulted in the death of a 78-year-old Westmont woman. Driver Tried to Pass in No-Passing Zone On the early morning of November 8, 2019, at approximately 6:50 a.m., 48-year-old Todd Heidenthal was driving a white Nissan eastbound on 35th>> Read More

One person was killed and another seriously injured in a Wilmington truck accident involving multiple vehicles on I-55, about 50 miles southwest of Chicago. Five Vehicles Involved in Wilmington Truck Accident On November 7, 2019, at approximately 9:30 a.m., the Illinois State Police responded to a multi-vehicle truck accident on northbound I-55 at Lorenzo Road. The>> Read More

A bicyclist has been killed by a truck in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, marking the city’s third bicyclist death this year. Bicyclist Pulled Under Truck On November 6, 2019, at around 7:00 a.m., 37-year-old Carla Aiello of the Union Ridge neighborhood was riding her bicycle southbound in the 3800 block of North Milwaukee Avenue>> Read More

A federal agency has urged consumers to stop using all inclined sleepers because of the danger of accidental suffocation. The announcement comes in light of at least 73 related infant deaths since 2005. New Warning Follows Multiple Recalls On November 1, 2019, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a warning against using>> Read More

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