A 57-year-old tractor-trailer driver died recently after he was unexpectedly pinned between the door of his truck and a post in Bensenville. The man was reportedly performing a pre-work safety check on the semi he was assigned to drive while in a loading area at Vitran Express when he became…
An Army National Guard veteran filed a lawsuit against the management company that runs McCormick Place and others after he almost lost a foot as a result of an alleged forklift accident. The 30-year-old veteran claims he was working in McCormick Place following a large machine trade show when he…
In late November, a 37-year-old cleaning contractor died after he fell into a 50-foot chemical tank in Wheeling. The Phoenix Industrial Cleaning foreman reportedly fell and landed on his head while cleaning a 6,000 gallon tank at Sunnyside Corporation. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office stated the Cicero man died…
The family of a temporary worker who died in December 2011 after he was sprayed with a citric acid solution at a factory in Bedford Park has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the owner of the factory. The man was allegedly burned when a hot chemical solution exploded from…
Illinois work comp attorney Nicole Sommerfeld has had a busy year so far, making some of her clients very happy. In one workers’ compensation case, she obtained over $46,000 for a Chicago public school teacher who was hurt when she slipped and fell on ice in a teacher parking lot.…
A work zone car accident in Chicago left two Illinois Department of Transportation workers and another motorist injured earlier this week. According to officials, the accident happened in a work zone on I-290. The collision occurred shortly before 11:00 a.m. on the westbound lanes of the Eisenhower Expressway just west…
Governor Pat Quinn signed a new law amending Illinois’s workers’ compensation law last Tuesday that he hopes will reduce employers’ insurance premiums and help Illinois retain and attract businesses concerned with the state’s insurance costs. Governor Quinn estimates that the changes will save employers at least $500 million on the…
A November 18, 2010 Chicago area work accident has resulted in a chemical production company getting hit with $63,000 in fines, according to NWI.com. This is due to the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration citing the business with one safety violation and five health violations. The…
A Chicago work injury attorney at Abels & Annes has settled a claim on behalf of a DuPage County resident. The claimant was employed as a truck driver for company in the Western suburbs. In December, 2009, he lifted up some heavy boxes and put them on his right shoulder…
Illinois workers’ compensation lawyers at Abels & Annes, working with co-counsel, have reached a $24,000 settlement on behalf of a machine operator that sustained injuries while working in Chicago. The claimant’s injuries took place in June, 2008 and February, 2009. The machinery that the plaintiff worked with was extremely loud.…