Though Chicago was recently named Best Bike City in the United States by Bicycling Magazine, which cited its protected bike lanes and bike-sharing service, it also has a development on the rise that is especially unfriendly to bicyclists: Dooring accidents. According to a recently released report by the Illinois Department of Transportation, there were 302>> Read More

As millions have already seen from videos posted on traditional news and social media outlets, Dr. David Dao was injured on the evening of April 9, 2017, on United Airlines Flight 3411 when Chicago Department of Aviation officers forcibly removed him at the airline’s request. Now, according to Dr. Dao’s attorney, he may be pursuing>> Read More

On April 13, 2017, discount retailing giant Target recalled Hatch & Grow Easter Eggs, Easter Grow Toys, and Hatch Your Own Dino Toys because they presented an ingestion hazard to young children. Some 560,000 units of the water-absorbing toys have been recalled. Target stated that, if the toys are ingested, they can expand inside the>> Read More

Every two weeks in the United States, a child dies when a television or some other large piece of furniture tips over onto him or her. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently released a study that offers safety guidelines for tip-over prevention. As the study notes, 83.5 percent of TV tip-overs occur when a>> Read More

An Amtrak train derailed in Chicago on the morning of March 27, 2017. At approximately 10:30 a.m., three cars of a 197-passenger Lake Shore Limited train derailed as it was pulling into Union Station, according to an Amtrak spokesman. The immediate cause was unknown. The passengers in the three cars that derailed were moved to>> Read More

GWC Injury Lawyers attorney Timothy J. Keiser has obtained a $100,000 settlement with the Chicago Park District for a young girl who was injured at a playground on September 4, 2014. B’Nai Brown, who was three years old at the time, was at a playground in Chicago’s Lawndale neighborhood with her grandmother. She then fell>> Read More

A toddler has died tragically in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in what appears to have been a hoverboard fire, authorities say.  This terrible incident represents the first reported fatality from a hoverboard fire in the United States. On the evening of March 13, a fire broke out in a Harrisburg home that led to the death of>> Read More

GWC Injury Lawyers has been retained by the family of a 12-year-old South Elgin boy to investigate his severe beating by another student during school hours, and to answer troubling questions about the incident and how it was handled by the school. “Right now the family has more questions than we do answers,” GWC Partner>> Read More

On December 15, 2016, a Homer Glen man and his daughter were severely burned when their house exploded as a result of a gas leak. Residents in the neighborhood began reporting the gas leak at 2 p.m. that day, which seemed to originate around 143rd Street and Parker Road. Nicor workers arrived before 3 p.m.>> Read More

Attorneys for the family of Telesfora Escamilla intend to file a lawsuit against the driver of a delivery van that killed this woman on December 22, 2016.  The fatal accident occurred at approximately 3:30pm in the afternoon 3 days before Christmas.  The driver of the delivery van, Valdimar Gray, was driving a large delivery van>> Read More

On November 19, 2016, Sabra Dipping Co., LLC announced that it was voluntarily recalling all 57 varieties of its popular hummus products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall affects hummus products made prior to November 8, 2016, and was initiated over concerns about Listeria monocytogenes found at a manufacturing facility. The products>> Read More

GWC Injury Lawyers partner Joseph P. Sorce recently won a large arbitration decision for an injured pipefitter. What is especially notable about the decision is that the claim had already been denied by the insurance company. Fortunately, Mr. Sorce and GWC were able to turn his insurance denial into $3 million. The worker was the>> Read More