Recent Cases and Settlements

Ironworker to Recover between $2.8 and $5.6 million by Suing Employer

Saturday, March 8th 2008 - A local 1 ironworker recovered $2.8 Million for an injury occurring on 12/2/03 and may recover an additional $2.5 Million based on an innovative strategy employed by his attorneys at Horwitz, Horwitz and Associates, Ltd. 

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Carpenter Receives $825,000 in Third Party Case

Thursday, December 13th 2007 - Nobody believed a Hispanic carpenter out of local 272.  His workers' comp case settled, however, his Third Party case was dropped by his attorney.  The carpenter ultimately came to Horwitz, Horwitz and Associates, Ltd for a second opinion and received the justice he had been due all along.

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Cook County Jury awards Horwitz Client $469,000.00 For Soft Tissue Injury

Wednesday, October 31st 2007 -

For the second time in recent months, the personal injury law ofirm of Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates, Ltd has proven that jurors have the capacity to prove an insurance company wrong regarding the chronic impact of certain soft tissue injuries.

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Jury Awards Local 93 Plumber $11 Million after 30-ft Fall from Catwalk

June 7, 2007 -- At forty-nine, he had been a union plumber spanning over twenty years on the job until a brisk February day in 2003 when a thirty-foot fall left him in critical condition with a fractured heel, fractured ankles, multiple severe fractures to both legs, three fractured vertebrae in his back and a herniated disc in his neck.  He fell because a general contractor and the consulting engineer permitted metal grating to be installed contrary to the jobsite’s plans and specifications.

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Property Owner "Hedges" Bet Against Injured Teamster

March 23, 2007 -- Six and a half years ago, a 58 year old Teamster from Local 179 made a routine delivery to a location owned by Stonegate Properties; Hoffman Estates. The pathway leading back to his truck required him to navigate a large, poorly maintained curbside hedge that blocked his view into the street. As he reached out to pull the untrimmed hedge back to check for on-coming traffic his hand was struck by a passing car.

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Worker Recovers Lost Wages and 4-Yr College Degree

January 24, 2007 -- As insult often follows injury, his employer’s workers’ compensation provider had gone bankrupt and no new coverage had been obtained.

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Jury Awards $267,500 for Auto Accident Victim

Sunday, July 1st 2007 - At age twenty-seven, life was full of all the promise a young newlywed woman could imagine. A short drive to the library after work in 2002, however, sent both her dreams and automobile into an uncontrollable spin when another car ran a stop sign and struck her.

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OE150 Member Settles for $5 Million

Local 150 operator recovers approximately $5 Million for injuries on the job.

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Local 916 Carpenter Recovers $2 Million

A local 916 carpenter reached an approximately $2 Million settlement shortly after opening statements during a jury trial regarding an on-the-job injury that left his leg fractured in three places.

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Construction Worker Recovers $2.1 Million

We recovered $2.1 million for a construction worker who was working inside a dump truck and was knocked out of the truck by a crane.

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Jones Act Case Results in $2.2 M Jury Verdict

Our trial team won a $2.2 million jury verdict for a 65 Riverboat janitor who injured his back, resulting in a two-level fusion, while lifting trash. The case was filed under the Jones Act.

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$1.6 million Settlement for Ironworker

We reached a $1.6 million settlement for an ironworker who suffered from a fracture of his wrist, resulting in a wrist fusion and an end to his career in ironwork. This case was filed under the Structural Work Act, which has since been repealed in Illinois.

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Local 272 Carpenter Recovers $1 Million Settlement after Balloon Wall Fall

On a residential jobsite in Bollingbrook, Illinois, a carpenter from Local 272 fell sixteen to eighteen feet when a crane swung a second balloon wall into the one he was positioned on during windy conditions and without warning. 

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$3.8 Million for Injured Laborer

$3.8 million jury verdict for a laborer who had already been permanently disabled due to a serious back injury.

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Laborer Recovers 1.3 Million for Hip Injuries

High above the ground, a newly hired laborer struggled against icy conditions and inexperience while installing roof decking between metal beams for a new Home Depot Warehouse in nearby Montgomery, Illinois. It was the winter of 2000 and work was hard to come by, so when offered a job by North Wall Erectors, he considered himself lucky. But after a near-fatal fall left him with a fractured hip, he knew his luck had changed.

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$16.4 Million Dollar Verdict Following Tragic Automobile Accident

Had defense attorneys and the insurance company negotiated in good faith within a reasonable time frame to arrive at a just settlement on behalf of an injured youth, they would have saved their clients millions. Instead, they gambled with the life of another.

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Construction Worker Awarded $1.8M for Injuries

Nobody believed an injured construction worker until a jury awarded him $1.8 M for Chronic Neck Pain and Post Concussion Syndrome. Two people who did believe him, however, were Valerie Barich and Michael Wierzbicki, two lawyers from Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates, LTD. After a week of extensive evidence and testimony, justice prevailed.

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Federal Employee Liability ACT (FELA) Helps Engineer

A 39-year-old operating engineer from Local 150 has recovered $800,000 from Burlington Northern for injuries to both feet, suffered June 11, 2002 while he was repairing trailers and railcars owned by Burlington Northern.

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Jury Awards Trucker $2 Million

A Cook County jury has awarded $2,031,513 to a 48-year-old Teamsters 705 truck driver for a knee injury which ended his career as a trucker.

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$8 Million in Union Oil Explosion

Wrongful death case in Union Oil explosion proves negligence.

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Jury Verdict Finds for Injured Laborer

Our trial team won a jury verdict for a laborer who earned $8.00 an hour when he suffered a degloving injury to the heel of his left foot. The laborer was struck by a forklift truck operated by a co-worker.

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Union Tile Setter Awarded $1.6 Million

A union tile setter has been awarded $1.6 million in a settlement with UBM Construction. The tile setter, "Jack," was injured in 1998 when he tripped over a ladder and fell down a flight of stairs while working at the Hillard School.

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Horwitz Vows to Fight On for Youth Hit by Auto

 After a jury awards $3.5 Million for a youth on a bike that was hit by a car, the battle continues. "I don't care how much work we have to do," Horwitz said. "I am going to keep fighting for this young man."

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Ironworker Recovers $2.4 M Settlement

In August, 2001, we achieved a $2.4 million settlement for a local 1 ironworker who suffered a career-ending injury when he tore his Anterior Cruciate Ligament.

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