GWC Obtains Settlement Worth $2.5 Million for Family of Deceased Union Electrician

GWC Injury Lawyers partners Daniel H. Streckert and Joseph P. Sorce have obtained a settlement worth $2,500,000.00 for the family of a union electrician who was killed while performing construction work at a west suburban high school. Electrician Suffered Electric Shock, Fatal Fall On July 27, 2014, a union electrician was standing on a ladder>> Read More

CTA Workers

Three CTA Workers Injured in “Arc Blast,” Highlighting Danger of Construction Work

Three Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) workers have been injured, two of them critically, in an “arc blast” while doing maintenance work at a ComEd substation in an alley near State Street and Lake Street, according to the Chicago Fire Department. This incident highlights some of the many dangers that construction workers face on the job>> Read More

GWC Attorneys Obtain Over $1.1 Million for Union Electrician

GWC Injury Lawyers attorneys Bennett J. Baker and Michael A. Knobloch recently obtained a $1,137,500.00 settlement for a union electrician who injured his right shoulder when he fell through a drywall floor. Mr. Baker also negotiated the waiver of a $567,000.00 workers’ compensation lien, increasing the amount of money in his client’s pocket. On the Edge of a>> Read More

Florida Bridge Collapse

Florida Bridge Collapse Leaves Six Dead

A newly-erected 174-foot-long section of a pedestrian bridge recently collapsed onto a six-lane highway in a suburb of Miami, FL, leaving six dead and at least nine injured. Investigations into the cause of the Florida bridge collapse are ongoing, though a crack in the bridge’s structure had reportedly been discovered just two days earlier. FIU-Sweetwater>> Read More

GWC Secures Settlement Worth Over $2 Million for Union Sheet Metal Worker

GWC Partners Michael D. Fisher and Joseph P. Sorce have secured a settlement worth over $2 million for a union sheet metal worker who was seriously injured when he fell through the deteriorated roof of a bowling alley. A Fall Through a Roof GWC’s client, a 46-year-old sheet metal worker, was working on a large>> Read More

GWC Obtains Settlement for Union Carpenter Worth $1,326,682.00

A union carpenter who seriously fractured his ankle on a job site recently obtained a settlement worth $1,326,682.00 thanks to the work of GWC attorneys Michael D. Fisher and Bennett J. Baker. Balloon Wall Too Heavy On March 9, 2010, a union carpenter and his crew were working on a residential construction job site. Their company had>> Read More

GWC’s Bennett J. Baker Obtains Settlement Worth $2.16 Million for Injured Ironworker

GWC Injury Lawyers attorney Bennett J. Baker recently obtained a $1.6 million settlement for an ironworker who severely injured his legs at a steel plant. Mr. Baker also negotiated the waiver of a $560,000.00 workers’ compensation lien for his client, raising the effective economic value of the settlement to $2.16 million. Ironworker Felled by Steel>> Read More

Scaffold Accident on Construction Site Settled for More Than $4,318,000.00

GWC Injury Lawyers partner Michael D. Fisher and attorney Bennett J. Baker have settled a lawsuit on behalf of a carpenter who was injured in a scaffold accident on a construction site for a value of more than $4,318,000.00. The Plaintiff, a union carpenter who was erecting siding at a multi-building construction site, was working>> Read More

GWC Obtained $1.725 Million for Carpenter Injured by Work Site Negligence

GWC Injury Lawyers partner Michael D. Fisher and attorney Michael W. Kopsick have obtained a $1,725,000.00 settlement for their client, a union carpenter, who suffered extreme injuries during the construction of a grocery store because of work site negligence. The carpenter had been stepping through a doorway undergoing construction when he tripped over a segment>> Read More

Illinois Carpenter Injured

GWC Recovers for Severely Injured Union Carpenter

GWC partner Michael D. Fisher has procured a $650,000.00 settlement for his client, a union carpenter, who tore the labrum of his left shoulder during the construction of a roof deck. GWC sued four separate entities, including the roof deck erector, the general contractor, and its subcontractors, for negligence. “Our client had been hired by>> Read More

Construction Workers Are Entitled to a Safe Workplace

Although construction sites are a naturally dangerous place to work, employers are legally obligated to provide construction workers with reasonably safe worksites. Certain construction worker rights are granted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Employers have certain obligations to ensure the safety of employees, including: Maintaining a workplace free of predetermined hazards. Ensuring>> Read More

Illinois Contractor Cited by OSHA for Seventh Time

A Joliet construction contractor, P.T. Ferro, was recently cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for exposing employees to unsafe trench working conditions. This is the seventh time the company has been cited by OSHA for similar hazards that endanger workers. The proposed penalties are $104,756 and include one willful and two serious>> Read More

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