The Illinois General Assembly has extended a COVID-19 law making it easier for essential employees to qualify for workers’ compensation benefits. “Rebuttable Presumption” for Frontline Workers [...]
Boeing has agreed to pay over $2.5 billion to settle a federal criminal charge stemming from two 737 MAX airplane crashes that left 346 people dead. Design Flaws and Cover-Up Revealed On October [...]
A prisoner who claims to have developed respiratory failure after contracting the coronavirus while in detention can legally move forward with his Cook County Jail COVID-19 lawsuit. Prisoner [...]
Mayor Lori Lightfoot is implementing a lower threshold for Chicago speed camera tickets in what she claims is an effort to combat a rise in the city’s traffic deaths. Plan for Chicago Speed [...]
Two construction workers were critically injured after a building collapsed in suburban Westmont, IL on Monday afternoon. The accident occurred around 12:30 PM at a new, multi-use building near [...]
GWC attorney Harris L. Elliott has obtained a favorable trial award for a union carpenter who was wrongfully denied workers’ compensation benefits after being injured on the job. Union [...]
A 55-year-old woman has been struck and killed in a Joliet pedestrian accident. Joliet Pedestrian Accident Under Investigation The Joliet pedestrian accident took place at approximately 6:50 a.m. [...]
The administrator of the LaSalle Veterans’ Home in downstate Illinois has been dismissed following an investigation into a deadly COVID-19 outbreak at the facility. 32 Dead at LaSalle Veterans’ [...]
An early morning I-57 semi-truck rollover shut down multiple lanes of traffic near 123rd Street and 125th Street on Chicago’s South Side. I-57 Semi-Truck Rollover Blocks Inbound Traffic On [...]
Police are reporting that triple-digit speeding citations are on the rise in the State of Illinois, placing motorists in serious danger. Triple-Digit Speeding Citations Up Over 18 Percent [...]
