GWC Injury Lawyers LLC proudly congratulates Timothy J. Keiser and Jacqueline C. Hickey for being named 2020 Rising Stars, a repeat performance for both young attorneys. This is the second year in a row that Jacqueline has been named a Rising Star and the third year in a row for Tim. The award is handed>> Read More

State and local health officials have confirmed three recent Legionnaires’ disease cases at a Carol Stream retirement home, two of them fatal. Deaths from Disease, “Underlying Condition” Since May 2019, three Legionnaires’ disease cases have surfaced at the Covenant Living at Windsor Park retirement community at 124 Windsor Park Drive, Carol Stream, IL. On January>> Read More

A driver who was allegedly high on marijuana was involved in a head-on car accident in Lisle, IL, in what might be the first marijuana-related DUI case in Illinois since the state legalized recreational cannabis. DUI, Unlawful Possession, Improper Lane Usage On January 20, 2020, at approximately 7:20 p.m., Cole T. Dixon, a 20-year-old Wheaton>> Read More

A Starbucks truck accident has left five people injured, two of them critically, in McHenry, IL, about fifty miles northwest of Chicago. Starbucks Truck Accident Causes Collapse On January 16, 2020, shortly before 5:00 p.m., a full-size Dodge Ram pickup truck was traveling westbound on Elm Street when it veered off of the roadway east>> Read More

According to recent reporting, Amazon warehouse employees are increasingly at risk of serious injury because of an unlikely source – the Amazon robots “working” beside them. Use of Amazon Robots Expanding Rapidly To help meet the demands imposed by its progressively faster delivery rates, Amazon has increasingly relied upon robotic “co-workers.” Known as “drives,” these>> Read More

A New York Times report found that ignition interlocks, which are installed in vehicles to prevent drunk driving, may also be linked to a number of crashes. Ignition Interlocks and Distracted Driving Ignition interlocks are essentially miniature breathalyzers that are about the size of a cellphone. When an ignition interlock is wired into a vehicle’s>> Read More

GWC’s Lance D. Northcutt and Louis Anthony Cairo recently obtained a settlement worth $4,795,000.00 for an injured forklift operator and his wife. Forklift Operator Suffers Multiple Injuries in Fall In September 2015, a 54-year-old forklift operator was loading cargo into a parked 18-wheeler semi truck at a shipping center in Illinois. At that time, the>> Read More