The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released its 2020 crash data, revealing the highest number of traffic deaths in over a decade. Deaths Up, Crashes Down In all, the NHTSA found that 38,824 people were killed in crashes across the United States, marking the highest number of traffic fatalities since 2007. Deaths increased>> Read More

GWC attorney Bennett J. Baker has obtained a $400,000.00 settlement for a Teamster who fractured her ankle in a truck accident. Teamster Dragged Under Truck GWC’s client was a 41-year-old cashier at the Soldier Field parking lot and a proud member of the Teamsters for many years. In December 2018, she was working at a>> Read More

Two people have been killed and two others have been injured in a West Pullman crash on Chicago’s Far South Side. West Pullman Crash Flips SUV The fatal West Pullman crash took place at approximately 1:39 p.m. on March 10, 2022. At that time, a 22-year-old Ziyoun James was operating a 2005 Volkswagen Touareg SUV>> Read More

GWC attorneys Louis Anthony Cairo and Lawrence J. Amato have obtained a $527,689.02 jury verdict for a union laborer following a trial in Lake County. SUV Hits Motorcycle Without Braking GWC’s client is a union laborer and a proud member of Local 6 for many years. In August 2017, he was riding his motorcycle northbound>> Read More

Pedestrian deaths in the United States have risen sharply since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with authorities blaming a flare-up in reckless driving. Traffic Deaths Set Records At the start of the national pandemic lockdowns in 2020, some analysts believed that pedestrian deaths would decline because millions of motorists would be cutting their driving>> Read More

A failure-to-yield crash on Chicago’s DuSable Lake Shore Drive sent at least six people to area hospitals, including four children. Child Ejected from Vehicle The failure-to-yield crash took place at approximately 9:45 a.m. on February 10, 2022. At that time, a 44-year-old male driver was attempting to enter the southbound lanes of DuSable Lake Shore>> Read More

Police are searching for the driver responsible for a West Garfield Park hit-and-run crash that took a woman’s life. Just Steps From Victim’s Home The fatal West Garfield Park hit-and-run crash took place at approximately 8:30 p.m. on January 15, 2022. At that time, 37-year-old Angel Thomas was walking to her car in the 4300>> Read More

Three people were killed in an I-290 wrong-way crash near Mannheim Road, south of O’Hare Airport. I-290 Wrong-Way Crash in Early Morning At approximately 5:13 a.m. on January 1, 2022, a 24-year-old Chicago man was driving a Mazda sedan the wrong way on a westbound lane of I-290 near Mannheim Road. He crashed head on>> Read More

GWC Partners Louis C. Cairo and Joseph P. Sorce have obtained a $1.5 million settlement for the family of a young man who was killed in an auto accident. Violent Collision Takes Driver’s Life In December 2017, a 19-year-old man was traveling home to visit his family for the holidays. At the time of the>> Read More

GWC Partner Joseph P. Sorce and attorney Geoffrey E. Jacobs have obtained a $1.25 million settlement for a young woman who was severely injured in an Oak Brook car accident. Hip Detachment in Rear-End Collision In November 2016, GWC’s client, who was 22 years old at the time, was at a complete stop behind three>> Read More

GWC attorney Bennett J. Baker has obtained a $975,000.00 settlement for a married couple following a car accident in Hometown, IL. Serious Injuries in Sideswipe Collision In March 2014, GWC’s client, a 40-year-old woman, was operating her vehicle southbound at or near 4300 Southwest Highway. At the same time, another driver was also traveling southbound>> Read More

The Illinois State Police report that a Des Plaines eight-vehicle accident has injured at least nine people on the Tri-State Tollway. Des Plaines Eight-Vehicle Accident Shuts Down Traffic The Des Plaines eight-vehicle accident took place at about 8:37 a.m. on November 8, 2021. At that time, first responders arrived to find a collision on northbound>> Read More