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Working on a construction site, a laborer stepped into an uncovered hole created by a plumbing contractor while signaling a Bobcat as it distributed gravel.  The general contractor claimed that the hole did not exist since a co-worker testified that he didn’t see the hole.  Further, the general contractor claimed that the plaintiff wasn’t watching where he was going.   The plaintiff suffered a back injury.

A Grundy County women tripped over unlevel ground in a parking lot causing injuries to her back. Defendant, Amergen, claimed that it was only a tiny one to two inch lift in the ground and that the plaintiff was not looking where she was going. The women suffered significant back injuries, resulting in L5-S1 radiculopathy and fusion. Amergen argued that these injuries were not all due to this fall. The evidence demonstrated that Amergen created...

Attorneys of Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates represent purchasers of USN, Inc. securities in a class action alleging securites fraud. Litigation was successfully resolved for $44.7 million .

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...

A carpenter recovers $1.45 million after suffering a neck injury.  He was caused to fall off a foundation wall due to lack of scaffolding and the existence of an anchor bolt trip hazard on the wall.  The general contractor, through its insurance carrier defended the case claiming that this was the manner that carpenters did the work for decades and therefore they didn’t do anything wrong.  They also claimed that the carpenter wasn’t watching where...

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.

While critics of personal injury attorneys often cite large jury verdicts as proof of a legal system gone to the dogs, a recent case heard in Cook County reinforces the truth behind the...

Attorneys of Horwitz Horwitz & Associates represented Conseco Annuity Company, IHC Health Plans, Inc., and other purchasers of 2.4 billion Credit Linked Notes issued by Citigroup in a class action action alleging secuties fraud that was consolidated with Newby v. Enron et al. The litigation was successfully resolved as a part of a $2 billion settlement with Citigroup.

Attorneys of Horwitz, Horwitz and Associates represented purchasers of defective computer hard disk drives in an action against International Business Machines Corp. that was successfully resolve in a settlement valued at $35 million.

The client, an apprentice plumber, was injured when entering a new construction high rise to begin her work day. She stepped on a loose pipe that was on the floor being stored in the hallway awaiting distribution to other areas. When the plaintiff fell she tried to catch herself with her hands resulting in a broken right arm. She had been required forced to work in an area with no lighting in the hallway. The...

Horwitz, Horwitz &Associates represented a local 444 iron worker whose left arm was severely fractured crushed when an operator negligently retracted a crane outrigger while the plaintiff was located near a pinch point. The ironworker was taking the crane apart when this accident occurred. Horwitz argued that the crane operator was responsible for making sure that the area was clear. The defendant argued that the ironworker should have known that the outrigger was going...