A Cook County jury deliberated yesterday until 5:00 P.M. after a three-and-a-half day trial and awarded the Estate of Hawa Sissoko $5 million for her tragic death on May 30, 2007. The trial centered around a high-speed collision involving this young woman who was standing in the middle of the right driving lane on Indiana Toll>> Read More

Four workers were killed in October when a Miami parking structure collapsed on its crew. The construction accident happened at the site of suburban Miami-Dade College’s Doral campus, and generated national headlines. The first wrongful death lawsuit related to the construction accident was filed this week. The lawsuit was brought by the family of a>> Read More

Last week, Carolyn Towns, the former director of Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois, received a twelve-year prison sentence for her involvement in the cemetery scandal that came to light in the summer of 2009.  Towns pled guilty to six out of the seven felony counts levied against her, including dismembering a human body, damaging>> Read More

GWC attorneys Colin O’Malley 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>> Read More

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>> Read More

Alexian Brothers Medical Center following a trucking accident in Bensenville, Illinois. According to the Chicago Tribune, the man was performing a safety check of his rig at Vitran Express (651 Thorndale in Bensenville) when he became pinned between the door of his truck and a loading area post. Vitran Express is a Canadian based corporation>> Read More

When Illinois residents agree to work for a company, often the agreement specifies that the worker is an at-will employee. That means the employer can terminate the worker’s employment at any time, given that the reason for termination is legal. Likewise, under an at-will agreement, the employee can strike or otherwise quit working at any>> Read More