Chicago, IL
Personal injury Lawyer at Chicago, IL
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Transportation ... +2 more
OUTCOME: $64,000,000
Our Plaintiff was a union iron worker from local 393 who fell head first 15-20 feet from a beam. Plaintiff suffered a C1 burst fracture, C7 dislocation fracture and C6 spinal cord injury. He requires n ... on-stop nursing care and lives with chronic pain. Our Plaintiff lost the functional use of his hands and complete use of his body from the chest- down.
OUTCOME: 1,000,000
Local 1 ironworker recovers over 1,100,000.00 as a result of injuries sustained due to stepping into an uncovered three foot deep excavation on a construction project. The Ironworker suffered a herniat ... ed disk in his back. He stepped into the excavation due to a storm that suddenly hit. He and other co-workers were trying to escape from a sudden storm. We alleged that the excavation should have been barricaded and that that general contractor James McHugh Construction Company should have known of the upcoming storm which packed 80 mile per hour winds. There had been storm warnings issued and McHugh had a responsibility stop the job due to inclement weather. McHugh argued that the danger was open and obviously the ironworker should have looked where he was going.
OUTCOME: $1.4 million
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 plai ... ntiff 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 the defect through prior construction work they did and didn’t provide a designated pathway from the parking lot to the facility until after the accident. After many depositions and years of litigation, the matter resolved and Horwitz helped her recover a settlement and were able to pay her medical bills.
OUTCOME: $2.7 million
Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates represented a local 444 iron worker whose left arm was severely fractured and crushed when an operator negligently retracted a crane outrigger while the plaintiff was loca ... ted 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 to be retracted and should not have placed his arm on the outrigger. Horwitz won the case for the iron worker.
OUTCOME: $2.7 million
After falling through a hole in a roof causing multiple fractures to both wrists (requiring surgical placement of pins and screws), a local 11 roofer lost his career due to the restrictions caused by h ... is injuries. Defendants, International Contractors and Admiral Heating claimed that the union roofer was on a part of the roof that he was not supposed to be on, and further charged that the plaintiff was intoxicated at the time of the accident. Plaintiff’s counsel, Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates, Ltd., proved that neither claims was accurate. In addition to conducting extensive video surveillance of the Plaintiff after the accident, the Defendants also claimed that the roofer didn’t make a diligent effort to find a job to replace his union earnings. Horwitz attorneys demonstrated that the Defendant’s use of inferior materials to cover the hole was the sole cause of the roofer’s career ending injury and successfully won his case.
OUTCOME: $16.4 million
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 lie coming out of the kennel. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Thomas R. Chiola entered judgment in favor of our plaintiff. The complaint alleged that on October 2, 2002, the defendant negligently drove a “loaner car” from an automobile dealership causing our plaintiff to sustain severe brain and spinal cord injuries. The defendant and two other occupants died in the single-car crash. Our client was seventeen at the time of the accident. “Our client was a 3 on Glascow Coma Score, a gross measure of neurological deficit, when the paramedics arrived” stated attorney, Michael Carter of the Chicago law firm, Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates. “A deceased person will score a 3 on that test” Carter added, stating, “our client has worked very hard in his recovery, but the injuries are severe.” According to Carter, the court further determined that the defendant was a permissive user of the automobile, so the dealership’s carrier should satisfy the judgment. Carter gave the dealer’s insurance carrier an opportunity to settle the claim for the one million dollar policy limit, but the carrier refused. “Now we must pursue collection action, including a bad faith claim against the carrier.” Managing partner of the Horwitz firm, Clifford Horwitz, cites this as another example of how difficult it is to obtain justice for injured people. “This was a young man with a bright future”, said Horwitz, adding, “Our firm is dedicated to pursuing every opportunity to give our client the best chance at a normal life.”
OUTCOME: $1,600,000
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 Structu ... ral Work Act, which has since been repealed in Illinois.
OUTCOME: $5,000,000
Local 150 operator recovers approximately $5 Million for injuries on the job.
OUTCOME: $8,000,000
Wrongful death of a husband killed in a Union Oil explosion
OUTCOME: $2,000,000
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. The ... Defendant, Burnside Construction, made no settlement offer prior to trial, but agreed to the recovery amount as the trial progressed.