CATASTROPHIC INJURY & WRONGFUL DEATH

When good people pass away as a result of negligence, the repercussions stretch into the deepest corners of the lives of the families they leave behind. Illinois law allows for compensation to these families, with the intended effect of easing recovery.

These claims are divided into two categories: survival claims and wrongful death claims. A survival claim compensates the deceased person for the pain and suffering he or she experienced before death. A wrongful death claim compensates the deceased person’s family members for the loss of financial and relational support and security caused by the death. Our firm handles both survival and wrongful death cases, and we have a proven track record across a wide scope of situations in which these tragedies may occur.

When a physician or other medical care provider fails to satisfy the standard of care for similar medical professionals, the result can cause enormous suffering. We can help you and your family recover financially from the devastation of a medical malpractice injury.

Medical malpractice can occur at any point of engagement with medical personnel. It can occur during the performance of surgery; during evaluation or diagnosis; in the prescription of medications; in failure to refer to an appropriate specialist; in the failure to monitor patients; in the failure of hospitals and medical centers to properly care for the people entrusted to them.

In this modern world, we all spend a lot of time on the road. When those around us behave recklessly and/or irresponsibly, the consequences can be devastating.

GKWW has a proven track record in representing clients injured in car, truck, and motorcycle accidents. We have achieved significant settlements so the injured party can properly recover.

We have achieved outstanding results even in cases in which proving liability are not easy – rear end crashes, left turn crashes, and the like. We have achieved results in cases in many courts throughout the country.

Construction sites are dangerous. Construction workers have the right to expect that owners and those that they contract with will provide safe working conditions and abide by common sense safety precautions.

When the owners of property don’t attend to their duty to maintain their premises in safe condition, the injuries that occur can bring serious consequences to an unwitting visitor. These injuries are compensable under the law.

We believe that a society is judged based upon how it treats its weakest citizens.

To that end, we have stood to defend those citizens–Alzheimer’s patients, terminal cancer patients, paraplegics, brain-injured persons, the very old, and the infirm–who have been injured or killed as a result of errors on the part of nursing homes or nursing home facility staff.

When the products sold to consumers render those consumers injured, the manufacturers involved must be held accountable.

Workers also rely upon the safety of the equipment that they use to do their jobs. For example, tradesmen often depend upon manufacturers to produce machines and equipment to do otherwise dangerous work. Without proper guards, safety features, or protection from the dangerous elements of equipment, workers can sustain serious injuries.

When new parents entrust the care of their precious newborn to a medical professional (or hospital), that trust must never be broken. At Gardiner Koch Weisberg & Wrona, we are uniquely qualified to represent the families of newborns and stillborns who have sustained injuries–or even death–as a result of hospital or physician error.

Our firm has seen the full breadth of these harrowing situations. We are familiar with the negligent causes of brachial plexus, cerebral palsy, paraplegia, brain damage, meconium aspiration syndrome, hearing problems, shoulder dystocia, and a full range of other birth injuries.

When you’re injured at the workplace, you’re suddenly presented with a set of priorities that clamor for your attention: your health, your rights and the retention of your job.

We represented workers who have required surgeries for back, shoulder, leg, knee, ankle, and rotator cuff injuries. We have represented workers who have been injured as a result of third parties causing them harm at their places of work – including one case in which a retail worker was injured during a robbery.

GKWW is called upon to represent a very wide range of clients in regard to a very wide range of personal injury matters.

These cases include:

• Injuries from look of maintenance at a building

• Injuries resulting from slip and fall on stairs, in public, or private buildings

• Injuries resulting when owners fail to change a condition known to be hazardous

• Injuries resulting from falling on public sidewalks because of the failure to maintain the sidewalks

• Injuries resulting from inadequate signage regarding entry into dangerous areas and construction zones

• Injuries from sexual harassment or sexual assault

• Injuries stemming from discrimination