GWC Injury Lawyers LLC’s clients had a rather successful month this past March, with their attorneys firming up more than $15.2 million in settlements. Union Tuckpointer vs. Large Construction Aerial Lift Rental Company. Louis C. Cairo, Michael D. Fisher, and Louis Anthony Cairo settled an unwitnessed lift rollover accident against an aerial lift rental company>> Read More

Falling Wicker Park building debris critically injured a Chicago woman just weeks after the property owner was told to make repairs. Debris Also Struck Vehicle The incident took place on the evening of April 6, 2022. At approximately 6:00 p.m., a 22-year-old woman was walking past a commercial building at 1227 N. Milwaukee Ave. when>> Read More

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has filed a lawsuit over a recent Marathon Pipe Line oil spill that dumped thousands of gallons in the state. “Substantial Danger” Raoul’s lawsuit, which was filed in Madison County Circuit Court on March 18, 2022, alleges that Marathon Pipe Line LLC created a “substantial danger” to the environment and>> Read More

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found evidence of quality control issues in its probe of the Abbott baby formula facility in Sturgis, MI. No Control System at Abbott Baby Formula Facility The FDA announced the results of its probe into Abbott Laboratories’ Michigan baby formula plant on March 22, 2022. The agency discovered>> Read More

The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its latest data on workplace fatalities, revealing a sharp decline in work-related deaths. A Decrease of 10.7 Percent On December 16, 2021, the Bureau of Labor Statistics published the National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) for 2020, the most recent year for which workplace fatalities>> Read More

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has issued a blood pressure drug recall in light of concerns about a cancer risk from contaminated batches. Blood Pressure Drug Recall Names Three Products Pfizer issued its blood pressure drug recall on March 21, 2022. The recall, which is voluntary, is for hypertension medications that are distributed under three names. The>> Read More

An Edgewater fire recently engulfed a historic three-story building, provoking a large rescue and firefighting response. Explosions Reported The Edgewater fire took place at approximately 1:00 p.m. on March 15, 2022. At that time, heavy flames and smoke could be seen rising from the roof of a three-story building at 1054 W. Hollywood Ave. in>> Read More