In a recent editorial for Crain’s Chicago Business, Illinois State Representative Jay Hoffman, D-Belleville, lays out a plan to reduce workers’ compensation rates in the state. Rep. Hoffman, who chairs the Illinois House Labor Committee, argues that a Democratic proposal for insurance reform could create a more business-friendly climate in Illinois, with lower workers’ compensation>> Read More

Police are investigating the crash of an SUV into a house that took place on the night of January 7 in Evanston, Illinois – a car accident that sent dangerous debris flying into a child’s room. An unnamed 68-year-old man was driving his Chevy SUV south in the 1000 block of Dodge Avenue after 8:00>> Read More

On December 15, 2016, a Homer Glen man and his daughter were severely burned when their house exploded as a result of a gas leak. Residents in the neighborhood began reporting the gas leak at 2 p.m. that day, which seemed to originate around 143rd Street and Parker Road. Nicor workers arrived before 3 p.m.>> Read More

Attorneys for the family of Telesfora Escamilla intend to file a lawsuit against the driver of a delivery van that killed this woman on December 22, 2016.  The fatal accident occurred at approximately 3:30pm in the afternoon 3 days before Christmas.  The driver of the delivery van, Valdimar Gray, was driving a large delivery van>> Read More

On September 28, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a new ruling that would prevent nursing homes that receive federal funding from forcing its residents to resolve disputes through binding arbitration. The ruling already took effect on November 28, 2016. It has long been common practice>> Read More

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]GWC managing partner, Louis C. Cairo, hosts a holiday reception for the Society of Trial Lawyers. Cairo is the 2016 President of the Society, an organization made up of experienced trial lawyers from both the Plaintiffs’ and the Defense bar. The event was attended by over 100 attorneys and several Law Division trial judges. On>> Read More

On November 29, 2016, the Illinois House of Representatives failed by one vote to override Governor Bruce Rauner’s veto of Senate Bill 2964, the so-called “Prevailing Wage Bill.” The law would have required municipal governments to pay laborers based on negotiated agreements in the localities where that work takes place, as long as at least>> Read More