Wrongful Death Blog

GWC attorneys Louis Anthony Cairo and Bennett J. Baker recently obtained a $1.9 million wrongful death settlement for the family of a young woman who was tragically killed in an Illinois semi [...]

The estate of a passenger killed in a recent Ethiopian Airlines crash has filed a lawsuit against Boeing, the airplane’s manufacturer, with the Boeing lawsuit alleging the company knowingly built [...]

The first Ethiopian Airlines crash lawsuit on behalf of an American has been filed. The family of a woman killed in the airline’s crash last month filed the wrongful death lawsuit in a Chicago [...]

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Chicago-based aircraft manufacturer Boeing following a recent Indonesian plane crash that killed nearly 200 people. 189 Killed in Indonesian Plane [...]

The family of a young woman who was found dead in a Rosemont hotel freezer last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the hotel, its security staff, and a restaurant on the premises. [...]

A federal lawsuit seeking $100 million in damages has been filed on behalf of the estates of two of nine members of an Indiana family who drowned when a duck boat sank near Branson, MO. A second [...]

The company that owned the capsized duck boat that recently left seventeen dead in Missouri was reportedly warned by a private inspector last year that design flaws could put its boats at greater [...]

A pedestrian was killed after being hit by a train at the Metra Electric District Station in south suburban Homewood. On July 17, 2018, at about 6:00 p.m., a 52-year-old woman was hit by outbound [...]

Three people are dead following an ambulance crash in Bellwood, IL. Further investigation suggests that the ambulance driver should not have been licensed as an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) [...]

Nearly a year after his death from surgical complications, the family of late actor Bill Paxton has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against his surgeon and the hospital where he was treated. [...]