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International Brotherhood of Teamsters Injury Lawyers

Whether it is a burn, back injury, or sprained ankle, the majority of workplace accidents can be covered by workers’ compensation benefits. The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act provides benefits for almost everyone who works in or was hired in Illinois. Workers’ comp benefits are paid by employers or their insurers, and that cost cannot be passed onto injured workers.

Unfortunately, the new workers’ compensation laws are written to benefit employers by minimizing workers’ right to compensation. There are many traps written into the laws that can result in a worker losing his or her right to full benefits if a workers’ comp claim is not filed properly.

The Chicago law firm of GWC Injury Lawyers specializes in helping injured workers and their families. For the past four decades, we have helped recover more than $2 billion on behalf of our workers’ compensation and personal injury clients. Our firm is highly experienced in successfully handing workplace injury cases involving all union workers, including Teamsters.

Teamsters: Representing Workers Across All Occupations

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is a national union that boasts more than 1.4 million members and approximately 500,000 retirees. The union and its affiliates are organized into 21 industrial divisions and represent members of almost every professional and nonprofessional occupation in Illinois.

Teamster members are employed across both the public and private sector in positions including:

  • Airline workers
  • Bakers
  • Car haulers
  • Food processors
  • Freight workers
  • Launderers
  • Manufacturers
  • Truckers
  • Warehouse workers

The union seeks to organize workers to give them a strong voice in their workplaces. Teamsters also negotiate and enforce collective bargaining contracts to make sure that all workers are treated with the dignity and respect they deserve.

An Illinois Law Firm Serving Injured Teamsters

The attorneys at GWC Injury Lawyers are proud to represent more union workers than any other law firm. Since 1977, we have represented thousands of injured individuals and their families in workers’ compensation cases.

Our firm is known as the law firm that caters to injured union workers. We are well-respected throughout the state due to the care we show every one of our clients. Our attorneys routinely speak at union halls and jobsites to help educate workers on workers’ comp laws and their rights.

You can arrange a free consultation with one of our union workers’ comp attorneys by calling 1-312-626-9154 or reach us via this website. In addition to our Chicago law offices, we have locations throughout the state and can meet clients in union halls and other places for their convenience.

We Win Cases

$359,240.32

Settlement
Workers Compensation

Settlement for an injured union waste hauler, more than twice the insurance company’s initial offer.

$561,007

Workers' Compensation

For a truck driver who fractured a long bone in his foot while delivering a load of metal pipes.

$540,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

A 38-year-old union carpenter suffered a significant back injury while lifting an aluminum joist.

$500,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

A 55-year-old construction worker required right shoulder replacement surgery after a jobsite fall.

$425,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

A union foreman electrician sustained a neck injury with permanent work restrictions after moving a 1000-pound master bundle of pipes.

$242,657.57

Award
Workers' Compensation

A 60-year-old union carpenter injured his knee and back while working on a remodeling job.

$62,500

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

An employee of a staffing agency slipped on oil and tore his rotator cuff. After surgery, the injured worker was…

$77,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

A Union Waste management driver suffered a labral tear and also developed issues in the elbow both of which required…

$252,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

A 58 y.o operating engineer fell of a ladder and was seriosuly injured. His injuries required three years of medical…

$174,243

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

This case involved a machine operator that was tried and settled over a disputed wage loss due to restrictions that…

$175,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

A carpenter suffered a left shoulder injury that resulted in two surgeries and permanent restrictions. The lawyers at GWC obtained…

$85,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

Our client is a spanish-speaking only teacher aide with a low rate who suffered a knee injury at work. Despite…

$120,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

A 22 y.o worker that received her income mostly from tips broke her tib/fib in a work place accident. While…

$210,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

Our client was a carpenter that suffered a lower back injury that did not require surgery but resulted in permanent…

$135,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

A 40 year old iron worker fell from a faulty ladder while on a job site. GWC successfully obtained $135,000…

$214,777

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

A sheet metal worker suffered a lower back injury that resulted in permanent restrictions after two surgeries.

$225,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

A sheet metal worker sustained a left wrist and hand injury while using a hammer drill.

$225,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

The foot of a laborer was run over by a co-worker that was operating a back hoe. The injuries to…

$240,800

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

A stationary engineer slipped on a ladder and grabbed onto a pipe to prevent falling. Our client sustained a cervical…

$242,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

A 39 year old local #1 laborer felt a pop while he was pulling up some carpeting on a job.…

$140,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

A 41 year old factory worker suffered a back injury while lifting work materials. Both the injury and the accident…

$275,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

An ironworker fell at work and injured his lower back that required a two-level disc replacement. In addition to the…

$278,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

A 60 year old carpenter fell from a trailer while unloading work materials and injured his non-dominant left arm. While…

$280,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

The team at GWC obtained $280,000 settlement for a 61 year old electrician that sustained a serious shoulder injury while…

$285,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

Our client was a laborer that sustained a serious lower back injury that required surgery. The injury resulted in the…

$300,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

Injured electrician and IBEW member. Employer disputed injured electrician’s need for a knee replacement and case went to trial. The…

$310,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

A 39 year old laborer sustained a back injury that required two surgical procedures. The Petitioner found alternative employment out…

$147,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

A window installed stepped off a customer’s porch and injured his left knee. His injury developed into arthritis which prevented…

$398,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

A 43 year old sheet metal worker sustained multiple injuries after falling at work.

$81,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

An over the road truck driver sustained a serious neck injury when his truck went over a bump on I-57…

$125,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

The Petitioner – a CTA bus driver – accidentally ran over a pedestrian who fell into the bus path. The…

$315,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

A construction worker handling heavy pipeline seriously injured his back while lifting a pipe. He required severla surgeries and eventually…

$315,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

Our client was a pipeline construction worker that seriously injured his back while lifting a pipe. He underwent numerous surgeries…

$346,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

A carpenter fell while at work and sustained a cervical injury. The settlement that GWC negotiated included a funds set-aside…

$550,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

GWC attorney Joel Block helped to secure more than $550,000 for the injuries sustained by a carpenter after he slipped…

$579,000

Settlement
Workers' Compensation

A sheet metal worker suffered significant injuries and was eventually placed on permanent sedentary work restrictions.