A judge has given approval to city officials to complete the demolition of the site of a LaSalle building collapse. LaSalle Building Collapse Site Empty On the late morning of July 19, 2021, the rear of a building located at 1001 1st Street in LaSalle, IL spontaneously toppled. Following the incident, authorities closed off a>> Read More

Four companies, including the nation’s three biggest drug distributors and Johnson & Johnson, are on the verge of reaching an opioid settlement worth $26 billion. Details of Opioid Settlement Pending Lawyers for local governments across the United States announced the pending opioid settlement on July 20, 2021. The settling parties include drug manufacturer Johnson &>> Read More

A federal court has approved a workers’ compensation retaliation settlement for a former truck driver at a Northbrook waste management company. $95,000.00 in Lost Wages Ordered On July 6, 2021, U.S. District Court Judge Manish S. Shah of the Northern District of Illinois entered a consent judgment and order directing Advanced Disposal Services Solid Waste>> Read More

Three people have been charged for their role in a duck boat accident that killed seventeen people near Branson, MO in 2018. Captain, Two Employees Charged On July 16, 2021, a prosecutor charged a captain and two other employees over seventeen deaths in a duck boat accident on July 19, 2018. The duck boat sank>> Read More

A Batavia Legionnaires’ disease lawsuit has been filed by a Geneva man who claims he contracted the potentially deadly illness from a senior living facility. Fourteen Sickened in Outbreak Personal injury attorneys representing 70-year-old Geneva resident Terry Irvin filed the Batavia Legionnaires’ disease lawsuit in Kane County on June 14, 2021. The defendant is Covenant>> Read More

GWC Injury Lawyers LLC congratulates its hardworking attorneys and staff for obtaining settlements topping $3.8 million during the month of June. 36 Settlements in June 2021 GWC successfully resolved 36 cases in June 2021, including nearly $2 million for third-party injury lawsuits and more than $1.7 million for workers’ compensation claims. Some of the noteworthy>> Read More

A government study shows that traffic deaths in the United States increased in 2020, even though Americans drove less because of the pandemic. Over 38,000 Traffic Deaths According to a report issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on June 3, 2021, there were an estimated 38,680 traffic deaths in the United States>> Read More

Fifteen states that were previously against a settlement plan proposed by OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma for its role in the opioid crisis now support a new version. Deal Reached with Most States On July 7, 2021, a filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in White Plains, NY about Purdue Pharma’s settlement plan was disclosed. The>> Read More

Nearly 100 tons of lithium ion batteries burned in a Morris industrial fire, prompting authorities to evacuate parts of the city because of “very deadly” fumes. Morris Industrial Fire “Highly Poisonous” The Morris industrial fire took place on June 29, 2021 in the 900 block of East Benton Street in Morris, IL. Fire officials then>> Read More

Three people are dead in the Beverly neighborhood on Chicago’s Far South Side following a Rock Island Metra crash with a pickup truck. Pickup Truck Burst into Flames The fatal Rock Island Metra crash took place at approximately 5:30 p.m. on June 27, 2021. At that time, Inbound Rock Island Metra train #122 was traveling>> Read More