Uploaded October 2017 | Updated September 2026, 18 hours ago
Cavanagh Law Group partners Timothy J. Cavanagh and Michael Sorich obtained a $6M settlement for the widow of an electrician who died after construction companies and engineers violated safety standards that would have protected him from being crushed under the wheels of a semi-tractor trailer. Dan Green was conscious after impact but died of massive traumatic injuries after being transported to the hospital.
In 2011, Cavanagh Law Group filed a wrongful death suit in the Circuit Court of Cook County alleging that the trucking company, general contractor, subcontractors, an Illinois Department of Transportation employee and engineers of the project were responsible for the electrician's death after the semi-tractor trailer struck him as he was working four feet off the roadway.
IDOT required that the contractors and engineers protect workers in construction zones using temporary traffic control devices. These include barricades, drums, or barrels. In this instance, no temporary traffic control devices were present. In addition, an engineer hired by IDOT admitted that a large percentage of trucks regularly drove over this curb, which was reinforced with photographic evidence of tire tracks.
"The construction companies responsible for safety and temporary traffic control failed to place any barricades or drums to protect Dan Green," Mr. Cavanagh said. "An employee of one of the Defendants admitted that 60 to 70 percent of trucks drove over the curb. This admission was confirmed by photos in the area that showed old tire tracks. Despite this evidence, the Defendants recklessly allowed Mr. Green to work close to the roadway with no traffic protection. This was a preventable and foreseeable tragedy."
Mr. Sorich tasked our team with building two animations: 1) to demonstrate what happened on the date of the incident, and 2) to demonstrate what should have happened. The Defendants agreed to a $6M settlement one week before trial was to begin.
Read the entire case study: bit.ly/2yfyMfE
Cavanagh Law Group partners Timothy J. Cavanagh and Michael Sorich obtained a $6M settlement for the widow of an electrician who died after construction companies and engineers violated safety standards that would have protected him from being crushed under the wheels of a semi-tractor trailer. Dan Green was conscious after impact but died of massive traumatic injuries after being transported to the hospital.
In 2011, Cavanagh Law Group filed a wrongful death suit in the Circuit Court of Cook County alleging that the trucking company, general contractor, subcontractors, an Illinois Department of Transportation employee and engineers of the project were responsible for the electrician's death after the semi-tractor trailer struck him as he was working four feet off the roadway.
IDOT required that the contractors and engineers protect workers in construction zones using temporary traffic control devices. These include barricades, drums, or barrels. In this instance, no temporary traffic control devices were present. In addition, an engineer hired by IDOT admitted that a large percentage of trucks regularly drove over this curb, which was reinforced with photographic evidence of tire tracks.
"The construction companies responsible for safety and temporary traffic control failed to place any barricades or drums to protect Dan Green," Mr. Cavanagh said. "An employee of one of the Defendants admitted that 60 to 70 percent of trucks drove over the curb. This admission was confirmed by photos in the area that showed old tire tracks. Despite this evidence, the Defendants recklessly allowed Mr. Green to work close to the roadway with no traffic protection. This was a preventable and foreseeable tragedy."
Mr. Sorich tasked our team with building two animations: 1) to demonstrate what happened on the date of the incident, and 2) to demonstrate what should have happened. The Defendants agreed to a $6M settlement one week before trial was to begin.
Read the entire case study: bit.ly/2yfyMfE
