GWC Partner Michael D. Fisher has obtained a $500,000.00 settlement for a union carpenter who was seriously injured on a construction site as a result of an improperly secured diaphragm. Loose Diaphragm Shifts Under Foot Mr. Fisher’s client has been a union carpenter and proud member of Local 250 for over twenty years. In 2014,>> Read More

GWC Partner Michael D. Fisher has obtained a settlement worth more than $2.7 million for a union sheet metal worker and his wife for serious injuries he sustained at an unsafe construction site. Client Ordered to Carry 75 Pounds Across Muddy Path Mr. Fisher’s client had been a union sheet metal worker and proud member>> Read More

A Seattle crane collapse left four people dead, including two ironworkers who had been working on the Google construction project. Crane Collapse on Busy Seattle Street On April 27, 2019, workers were dismantling a crane at a Google office building construction site at the intersection of Mercer Street and Fairview Avenue in Seattle, WA. At>> Read More

A man who was injured in a construction vehicle accident in near northwest suburban Niles, IL has settled his lawsuit over the incident for $6.5 million. Multiple Surgeries After Rear-End Crash The construction vehicle accident took place on February 2, 2016. On that date, 36-year-old Sami Issaq was driving his car north on Milwaukee Avenue>> Read More

In May of 2015, GWC client, a Union Teamster, was working for BS&T Construction Company on a road construction project in Hinsdale, Illinois. The overall general contractor, Kenny Construction Company, subcontracted all road improvement operations to Pirtano Construction Company, who then contracted with Maneval Construction Company to provide an asphalt road grinder and operator to>> Read More

GWC’s Louis Anthony Cairo recently obtained a $1.3 million settlement for a painter who was injured after falling twelve feet off of an insufficiently guarded second-floor staircase landing. Twelve-Foot Fall from Landing In June 2015, Mr. Cairo’s client, a professional painter, arrived at a new housing development to paint a residential home under construction. On>> Read More

GWC Injury Lawyers partners Daniel H. Streckert and Joseph P. Sorce have obtained a settlement worth $2,500,000.00 for the family of a union electrician who was killed while performing construction work at a west suburban high school. Electrician Suffered Electric Shock, Fatal Fall On July 27, 2014, a union electrician was standing on a ladder>> Read More

Three Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) workers have been injured, two of them critically, in an “arc blast” while doing maintenance work at a ComEd substation in an alley near State Street and Lake Street, according to the Chicago Fire Department. This incident highlights some of the many dangers that construction workers face on the job>> Read More

GWC Injury Lawyers attorneys Bennett J. Baker and Michael A. Knobloch recently obtained a $1,137,500.00 settlement for a union electrician who injured his right shoulder when he fell through a drywall floor. Mr. Baker also negotiated the waiver of a $567,000.00 workers’ compensation lien, increasing the amount of money in his client’s pocket. On the Edge of a>> Read More

A newly-erected 174-foot-long section of a pedestrian bridge recently collapsed onto a six-lane highway in a suburb of Miami, FL, leaving six dead and at least nine injured. Investigations into the cause of the Florida bridge collapse are ongoing, though a crack in the bridge’s structure had reportedly been discovered just two days earlier. FIU-Sweetwater>> Read More

GWC Partners Michael D. Fisher and Joseph P. Sorce have secured a settlement worth over $2 million for a union sheet metal worker who was seriously injured when he fell through the deteriorated roof of a bowling alley. A Fall Through a Roof GWC’s client, a 46-year-old sheet metal worker, was working on a large>> Read More

A union carpenter who seriously fractured his ankle on a job site recently obtained a settlement worth $1,326,682.00 thanks to the work of GWC attorneys Michael D. Fisher and Bennett J. Baker. Balloon Wall Too Heavy On March 9, 2010, a union carpenter and his crew were working on a residential construction job site. Their company had>> Read More