Workers’ Compensation Representation for Building Trades Workers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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