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Workers’ Compensation for Food and Service Industry Employees in Chicago

The food and service industries are among the most difficult fields for Illinois residents to work. In addition to having some of the longest hours for American workforce members, food and service industry employees are often exposed to a wide array of workplace hazards such as slippery floors, hot liquids, and falls.

When an Illinois food or service industry worker is injured, he or she is typically entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits. Workers’ comp benefits cover reasonable medical expenses associated with a workplace illness or disease and other benefits such as disability, lost wages, and retraining expenses.

GWC Injury Lawyers is one of the largest personal injury law firms in the state. We represent injured Chicago food and service industry workers, including those represented by local unions. In fact, we serve more union workers than any other Illinois law firm, including members of UNITE HERE!

Promoting Social And Economic Justice: UNITE HERE! Members

UNITE HERE! is a union that represents workers throughout Illinois and the country who work in the food service, gaming, airport, hotel, and textile industries. The membership of UNITE HERE! is highly diverse and includes large percentages of African-Americans, Latinos, Asian-Americans, and women.

The union is highly active in promoting livable wages among its workers. In addition to wage disputes, UNITE HERE! also advocates for issues of racial equality in the workplace and improved working conditions for its members.

Contact Our Illinois Workers’ Compensation Law Firm

Our Chicago-based workers’ compensation lawyers are dedicated to helping injured Chicago food and service industry employees collect the workers’ compensation benefits to which they are entitled. The workers that UNITE HERE! represents are often overlooked by other firms that practice workers’ compensation law. We know how important obtaining workers’ comp benefits is to all Illinois workers, which is why no case is too complex or too small for us to handle.

Contact us online or call 1-312-847-2050 to arrange a free consultation with a member of our legal team. We have several offices throughout the state for our clients’ convenience.

We Win Cases

$359,240.32

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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

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Workers' Compensation

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

$500,000

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

$425,000

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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

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

$62,500

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

$77,000

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

$252,000

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

$174,243

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

$175,000

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

$85,000

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

$120,000

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

$210,000

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

$135,000

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

$214,777

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

$225,000

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Workers' Compensation

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

$225,000

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

$240,800

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

$242,000

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

$140,000

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

$275,000

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

$147,000

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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

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Workers' Compensation

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

$81,000

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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

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Workers' Compensation

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

$315,000

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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.