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Illinois Accident Law Firm Secures Multi-Million-Dollar Verdicts and Settlements

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 Jones . Louis Cairo and Scott Weisman tried the Goldstein case, while Cairo and partner Colin OMalley settled the Estate of Jaime Jonescase during...

GWC Obtains Highest Verdict in McHenry County in 10 Years

On March 10, 2011 Larry Ruder and Colin OMalley, GWC Partners, obtained the highest verdict against a local public entity in the history of McHenry county. The verdict, $900,000, is also the second highest civil damages verdict in the history of McHenry county and the largest in McHenry county in the last 10 years. The prior record verdict there was also held by GWC partner Larry Ruder. This verdict is the third time that GWC partner Colin OMalley has obtained...

GWC Gets Results for Family of Local 134 Electrician

Joseph Sorce, a partner at GWC, wrote the following account about the tragic death of Chuck Ingolia. Joe and Larry Weisman worked tirelessly for more than 4 years, culminating in a 3-week trial, to protect Chucks widow and vindicate Chucks legacy. For Larry and Joe, this case became a personal battle against one of Illinois most respected defense law firms, as they fought to get this amazing verdict. Chuck Ingolia, a local 134 electrician was killed in November 2006 when...

Illinois Workers Compensation Attorney Obtains Multiple Six-Figure Settlements

Attorney James B. Hardy of Goldberg, Weisman, Cairo recently obtained a $199,000.00 Workers Compensation settlement for a 60 year old Polish immigrant truck driver involved in a weather-related collision resulting in multiple injuries which concluded with a two-level cervical spine fusion surgery. Following months of extensive physical therapy, the injured worker was given permanent restrictions resulting in the loss of his trade and forcing him to accept minimum wage employment. GWC successfully argued that, although near retirement age, our client...

Recent Article Confirms Troubling Trend For Workers

When economic times in America get tough, one undeserved group always gets caught up in the negative attention: labor. In a January article , the New Yorker pointed out a growing anti-labor sentiment in America. As the article discussed, sixty percent of Americans surveyed in a recent poll stated that Unions had too much power. The article also mentions the fact that, currently, only seven percent of private sector workers belong to unions. The anti-labor movement in America is no...

Fines For Lead Paint Hazards At Illinois Construction Co

Federal regulators recently cited an Illinois construction company for safety violations which exposed its plant workers to the risk of suffering serious workplace injuries. Authorities say that History Construction Management LLC, of Odell, allowed its workers to be exposed to airborne lead at levels exceeding 40 times the safe limit. It is unclear whether any workers at the company's plant will suffer long-term health consequences as a result of their lead exposure. "Employers such as History Construction Management have a...

Construction Fire At Lawndale Injures Worker

WGN-TV reports that a 25-year-old man was injured in Chicago's Lawndale neighborhood during a construction accident. The construction worker was performing rehab work with a cutting torch which may have caused an explosion. The Chicago Fire Department received reports of the explosion and fire around 5:30 p.m. on Saturday at the 1800 block of S. Kostner Avenue. The man sustained serious burn injuries and was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition. Word of his recovery progress has not been...

Illinois Iron Worker Receives $64M After Construction Accident Blog

An Illinois iron worker recently received a $64 million jury verdict after suffering severe injuries in a construction accident. The iron worker fell at the Dekalb construction site and suffered a variety of injuries including closed head trauma and a spinal cord injury. The jury found that the contractors failed to provide a safe workplace at the construction site and that the steel beam manufacturer produced steel beams with tripping hazards that caused the iron worker's fall. Specifically, the steel beams...

Jury Determines Fatal Construction Death Was An Accident

The death of a construction worker last September was an accident, a jury recently held. The man's death happened at a roadside construction site on Illinois Route 8 near Legion Road. An Illinois State Trooper said that the man and the bulldozer operator had been working together all day before the fatal construction accident. The man suffered catastrophic personal injuries after being crushed by the bulldozer. The bulldozer operator's job was to spread dirt over the road and the deceased...