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GWC Attorneys Obtain $315,000.00 Verdict for Union Decorator

GWC attorneys Bennett J. Baker and Geoffrey E. Jacobs have obtained a $315,000.00 verdict for a union decorator who was injured while...

GWC Obtains Settlement Worth Nearly $750k for Union Ironworker

GWC Partner Michael D. Fisher has obtained a settlement worth nearly $750,000.00 for a union ironworker who sustained serious injuries at a...

GWC Obtains Half a Million Dollars for Union Carpenter

GWC Partner Michael D. Fisher has obtained a $500,000.00 settlement for a union carpenter who was seriously injured on a construction site...

GWC Obtains Settlement Worth Over $2.7 Million for Union Sheet Metal Worker

GWC Partner Michael D. Fisher has obtained a settlement worth more than $2.7 million for a union sheet metal worker and his...

Crane Collapse in Seattle Leaves Four Dead, Including Two Ironworkers

A Seattle crane collapse left four people dead, including two ironworkers who had been working on the Google construction project. Crane Collapse...

Construction Vehicle Accident in Niles Yields $6.5 Million Settlement

A man who was injured in a construction vehicle accident in near northwest suburban Niles, IL has settled his lawsuit over the...

GWC Secures $7 Million in Settlement Proceeds for Injured Union Teamster

In May of 2015, GWC client, a Union Teamster, was working for BS&T Construction Company on a road construction project in Hinsdale,...

GWC Obtains $1.3 Million Settlement for Injured Painter

GWC’s Louis Anthony Cairo recently obtained a $1.3 million settlement for a painter who was injured after falling twelve feet off of an insufficiently guarded second-floor staircase landing. Twelve-Foot Fall from Landing In June 2015, Mr. Cairo’s client, a professional painter, arrived at a new housing development to paint a residential home under construction. On the date in question, the painter was standing on the second-floor landing of a staircase, spray-painting the crown molding around the door of the master...

GWC Obtains Settlement Worth $2.5 Million for Family of Deceased Union Electrician

GWC Injury Lawyers partners Daniel H. Streckert and Joseph P. Sorce have obtained a settlement worth $2,500,000.00 for the family of a...