Dangerous Property

The Shambrook family reacted to a Chicago City Council ordinance passed Wednesday, December 14, 2022, that would allow for more signage when construction work blocks bicycle lanes across the city. But such a move is too late for little three-year-old Elizabeth Grace “Lily” Shambrook who was killed in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood in June when she was bike riding with her dad and mom who were forced into the traffic lane by a Commonwealth Edison truck…

Jack J. Casciato, partner at Clifford Law Offices in Chicago, filed a lawsuit against Amazon for its lack of safety measures following a predicted tornado in Edwardsville, Illinois, that killed six in an Amazon warehouse, and is questioning the timing of the departure of its worldwide head of safety, Heather MacDougall. Media reports have said an internal Amazon memo dated Monday, September 12, 2022, states she is leaving in a few weeks after just three…

A federal government agency released a letter on Tuesday, April 25, 2022, that it sent to Amazon executives asking them to review their severe weather emergency procedures following an investigation into the tornado that struck a downstate Amazon Illinois distribution center Dec. 10 killing six people and injuring dozens of others. The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Hazard Administration (OSHA) late afternoon on April 26, 2022, released its findings following a safety protocol…

Jack Casciato, partner at Clifford Law Offices and attorney representing the family of a delivery driver for Amazon who was killed during a tornado at its Edwardsville, Illinois facility, discovered through a Freedom of Information (FOIA) request that government-mandated engineers immediately dispatched to the scene after a deadly tornado discovered supporting columns improperly and inadequately holding up the 115,00-foot structure. Also, within three days of filing the initial Complaint in January, Amazon posted a job…

Jack Casciato, partner at Clifford Law Offices and attorney representing the family of a delivery driver for Amazon who was killed during a tornado at its Edwardsville, Illinois facility, discovered through a Freedom of Information (FOIA) request that government-mandated engineers immediately dispatched to the scene after a deadly tornado discovered supporting columns improperly and inadequately holding up the 115,00-foot structure. Also, within three days of filing the initial Complaint in January, Amazon posted a job…

In an exclusive interview with More Perfect Union, a non-profit national news organization, Jack Casciato, partner at Clifford Law Offices, discusses revelations about Amazon’s liability in the devastating warehouse collapse in Edwardsville, IL.  Casciato filed a lawsuit against Amazon in January on behalf of the family of Austin McEwen, age 26, one of six workers who was killed when a tornado leveled the Amazon facility on December 10. Despite ample warning and repeated weather alerts…

On Monday, January 17, 2022, Clifford Law Offices filed a lawsuit on behalf of the family of a 26-year-old delivery driver who was killed after he was working at an Amazon distribution center in Edwardsville, Illinois when a tornado struck the facility on December 10, 2021. Austin McEwen, an independent contractor of Amazon, driving for an Amazon Delivery Service Partner, was one of numerous individuals required to work during an Amazon “peak season” when Amazon…

A grain bin worker in Kankakee County died yesterday (Jan. 8, 2019) after he fell into a grain bin holding 10,000 bushels of corn. Another man jumped in to try to save him and teams of rescuers were able to save the second man. The incident mirrors what occurred in Carroll County, Illinois, 10 years ago when a young man fell into a grain bin and two others jumped in to save him. In that…

CBS2-Chicago reported that yet another light pole in Chicago went down, blocking three lanes of traffic on Lake Shore Drive on what was one of the busiest holiday traffic days of the year – November 27th, 2019 – the day before Thanksgiving. Although winds gusted off the lake in what is known as the Windy City, Tara Molina reported that a light pole buckled over and fell right into the middle of southbound traffic heading…