GWC partners Louis C. Cairo and Michael D. Fisher and attorney Lawrence J. Amato have obtained a $6,375,000.00 settlement for a union electrician who suffered bilateral shoulder injuries when he was electrocuted by a faulty light fixture. Fixture Becomes Dangerously Electrified On July 24, 2017, a 59-year-old union electrician was installing a light fixture at a construction>> Read More

GWC Partners Louis C. Cairo, Michael D. Fisher, and Louis A. Cairo have obtained $5.875 million in settlements on behalf of five victims of a Wisconsin semi-trailer accident. GWC represents two other passengers injured in this incident whose cases remain pending at this time. 18-Wheeler Flips Over Passenger Vehicle In March 2019, GWC’s clients were>> Read More

In the wake of two recent devastating incidents, GWC stands in solidarity with laborers and echoes their call for heightened caution in construction zones. The first incident, an interstate crash in Bloomington, resulted in severe injuries to a member of Laborers’ Local 362. The second incident involves the loss of a devoted member of Laborers’>> Read More

The Jury Verdict Reporter published its 2023 Settlements Report in the latest issue of Chicago Lawyer Magazine, highlighting those Illinois personal injury firms who procured settlements of $500,000.00 or more from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023. Of the 103 law firms that had settlements which qualified to make the list, GWC ranked in>> Read More

GWC Partner Michael D. Fisher and attorney Lawrence J. Amato have obtained a $332,000.00 jury verdict in a highly contested pedestrian incident – nearly 33 percent more than the final settlement offer. Jeep Backs Over Woman in Parking Lot In October 2017, GWC’s client, a 64-year-old Arizona woman, was walking through an Enterprise Rent-A-Car parking>> Read More

GWC attorney Allison L. Dolan is set to attend the highly anticipated 2023 Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA) annual symposium. Allison has become a respected name in trucking law and earned the coveted position of the 2023 Co-Chair of the New Lawyers Division. Allison will take the stage to address the New Lawyers Division,>> Read More

GWC Partner Michael D. Fisher spoke to the Chicago Tribune about the firm’s lawsuit on behalf of a Local 1 Ironworker who was seriously injured at the site of a massive Fermilab construction project. Lifetime of Disability On May 25, 2023, GWC’s client, Local 1 Ironworker James Daniels of Northwest Indiana, went to work at>> Read More