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Worker Dies In Scaffolding Fall In Corn Sweetener Plant

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration is investigating the tragic death of a worker in Decatur. The man reportedly fell from a collapsing scaffold while cleaning the inside of a tank at the Archer Daniels Midland Company plant, which is a corn sweetening facility. Rescuers were sent to the plant at about 2:30 p.m., and the 31-year-old contractor was found to be in a confined space. He wasn't removed from the space until 5 p.m., and shortly afterward he was...

WTC Construction Site Reports Another Accident Construction News

The New York Post is reporting another construction accident occurring at the World Trade Center site. The most recent mishap at this troubled project was a fire at near the memorial unit. The blaze ignited yesterday around 11:30 a.m. but no one was hurt. It is unclear what caused the fire or why the jobsite has had so many accidents this year. At least four workers have been injured at the WTC site this year. The first construction accident happened...

Indiana Cave In Kills Construction Worker GWC

Cave-ins are one of the most common causes of road construction accidents. Although soil conditions can be unpredictable and heavily influenced by things such as weather, cave-in accidents are frequently attributed to inadequate safety measures taken by contractors. One of the most recent cave-in construction accidents happened in Carroll County, Indiana. The accident occurred at an excavation site on State Road 25. A worker was near a hillside that gave way and buried him alive. Authorities say that the 30-year-old...

GWC Obtains $3.4 Million Settlement For Injured Millwright

GWC attorneys Colin OMalley and Joseph Sorce today settled the lawsuit for an apprentice millwright injured during the 2005 re-tooling at the Chrysler Assembly Plant in Belvidere, Illinois. Apprentice millwright, James Susan, lost his left hand when he attempted to take a measurement alongside an active conveyor chain. During four years of litigation, the defendants blamed James for failure to lockout/tagout the equipment. Through the investigation, attorneys OMalley and Sorce established an ongoing work pattern of job assignments when millwrights...

Immigrant Construction Worker Injured in IL, Employer Lacks Workers Comp Coverage

Recently, the Chicago Tribune ran an article about an undocumented non-union roofer who fell approximately twenty feet at a job site, rendering him a quadriplegic. The worker was told that his company had no workers compensation insurance. Although Illinois law requires most employers to purchase workers compensation insurance for their employees, this story is a perfect example of what happens when employers fail to obtain that coverage. Incredulously, the owner of the contractor that had hired this mans employer to...

Illinois Accident Law Firm Secures Multi-Million-Dollar Verdicts and Settlements

The Illinois injury lawyers at GWC Injury Lawyers prove once again that when commitment and preparation meet skill and passion, great things happen for their injury clients. The Illinois Trial Lawyers Association recently featured two noteworthy results, achieved by GWC lawyers, which underscore this concept: The two featured cases are Goldstein and the Estate of Jaime Jones . Louis Cairo and Scott Weisman tried the Goldstein case, while Cairo and partner Colin OMalley settled the Estate of Jaime Jonescase during...

GWC Gets Results for Family of Local 134 Electrician

Joseph Sorce, a partner at GWC, wrote the following account about the tragic death of Chuck Ingolia. Joe and Larry Weisman worked tirelessly for more than 4 years, culminating in a 3-week trial, to protect Chucks widow and vindicate Chucks legacy. For Larry and Joe, this case became a personal battle against one of Illinois most respected defense law firms, as they fought to get this amazing verdict. Chuck Ingolia, a local 134 electrician was killed in November 2006 when...

GWC Obtains Highest Verdict in McHenry County in 10 Years

On March 10, 2011 Larry Ruder and Colin OMalley, GWC Partners, obtained the highest verdict against a local public entity in the history of McHenry county. The verdict, $900,000, is also the second highest civil damages verdict in the history of McHenry county and the largest in McHenry county in the last 10 years. The prior record verdict there was also held by GWC partner Larry Ruder. This verdict is the third time that GWC partner Colin OMalley has obtained...

ROUNDUP: Serious Construction Accident Around The US GWC

One of the last deadly construction accidents of 2012 happened in early December in New York State. Authorities say that workers at a Bronx construction site were using a crane to lift a flatbed containing a massive air conditioning unit. The workers failed to secure the cooling unit however and it slit off the truck and hit a worker who was guiding the crane operator. "He would do everything he could to be a good provider for his family," the...