Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates

Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates is a Chicago, Illinois law firm that focuses its practices in personal injury, workers' compensation, nursing home abuse and neglect, and wrongful death law. Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates has won numerous verdicts and settlements throughout Illinois, totaling over $1 billion.[1] Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates won what was the largest non-death compensatory personal injury verdict in Illinois history as noted by the Illinois Jury Verdict Reporter.[2]

Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates
Headquarters Chicago
No. of offices2
No. of attorneys16
Major practice areasPersonal Injury, workers' compensation, and nursing home abuse and neglect
Key peopleJacob W. Horwitz - founder, Mitchell Horwitz: Co-Owner and head of Workers' Compensation Department, Clifford Horwitz: Co-Owner and Lead Trial Attorney,
Date founded1924
Websitewww.horwitzlaw.com

History

Jacob W. Horwitz founded the family law firm in 1924. Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates works in litigation for personal injury, in particular, work-related construction injuries. In 2012, Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates attorneys received a $64 million verdict, the largest in Illinois history and the second largest in U.S. history, for a Local ironworker who fell and was left paralyzed from a job-site accident.[3] In 2013 the Better Business Bureau honored Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates with an A+ rating.[4][5]

Notable cases
  • $64 million verdict on behalf of an injured ironworker who fell and was left paralyzed from a job-site accident. The verdict was noted as the highest jury verdict in Illinois history for an individual, beating the previous record verdict of $51 million.[6][7] The National Law Journal recognized the verdict in their Top 100 verdicts of 2012.[8]
  • $10 million verdict on behalf of an injured woman who suffered from Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) in both legs and feet after being struck in the right calf by a hand-truck carrying around 350 lbs. of milk cartons. The Illinois Jury Verdict Reporter confirmed the verdict as the largest CRPS injury verdict in Illinois.[9][10]
  • $8 million verdict on behalf of an injured journeyman ironworker who suffered from a serious shoulder injury after a barge collided with his safety skiff attached to a construction work-flat. The Illinois Jury Verdict Reporter confirmed the verdict as the largest adult male shoulder injury verdict in Illinois, beating the previous record of $3.8 million.[11][12] LexisNexis featured the summary on their Case of the Week.[13]
  • $5.7 million verdict on behalf of an injured journeyman carpenter who suffered stage III CRPS-II (causalgia) after a drill bit punctured his hand, wrapping the ulnar nerve. The Illinois Jury Verdict Reporter confirmed the verdict as the largest non-amputation hand injury verdict in Illinois, beating the previous record of $4.2 million.[14]
  • Illinois Supreme Court Case on Temporary Total Disability Benefits - Justices' ruled in a unanimous 7-0 decision, agreeing with Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates attorney, Marc A. Perper, that when a worker receiving Total Temporary Disability (TTD) benefits due to a work-related injury is terminated, regardless of "cause", the employer must continue to pay benefits until the worker has been made whole or reaches maximum recovery.[15]

Community involvement
  • Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates Fair Housing Scholarship - provides assistance to students who have completed their first year of study and are enrolled in The John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Clinic Preference.[16]
  • A Walk for Hope (2012 and 2013) Sponsor - Mutual Ground's annual walk fundraiser helps raise awareness about the crimes of domestic violence and sexual assault. In addition, the annual walk raises money to help victims of domestic violence and sexual assault become survivors.[17]
  • Hot Chocolate 15/5K America's Sweetest Race, Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates walkers and runners raised money for the Ronald McDonald House and Little City Foundation.

References
  1. Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates Verdicts and Settlements
  2. Jury Verdict Reporter Trial Lawyer Excellence Awards 2013
  3. Cook County Jury Awards Highest Jury Verdict in Illinois History to Ironworker Left Paralyzed After Fall
  4. BBB Accredited Business Press Release
  5. BBB Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates Profile
  6. McCoppin, Robert, Chicago Tribune Reporter, "Former ironworker gets record $64 million for fall", Chicago Tribune, November 17, 2012
  7. Dudek, Mitch, Staff Reporter, "Cook County jury awards $64 million to iron worker left paralyzed after fall", Chicago Sun-Times, November 15, 2012
  8. National Law Journal: The Top 100 Verdicts of 2012
  9. Wood, Lauraann, Law Bulletin staff writer, "Jury awards $10 M after cart collision", Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, September 19, 2016
  10. Top 50 Verdicts in Illinois 2016, 2016
  11. Wood, Lauraann, Law Bulletin staff writer, "$8M verdict for shoulder injury on boat", Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, November 7, 2016
  12. Top 50 Verdicts in Illinois 2016, 2016
  13. Archer, Kathleen, Legal Content Development Lead, LexisNexis Lextalk Blog, November 17, 2016
  14. Silverstein, Jack, Law Bulletin staff writer, "Carpenter gets $5.7M from Cook Co. jury", Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, May 30, 2014
  15. Gunnarsson, Helen W., "Temporarily totally disabled workers entitled to benefits till they improve", Illinois Bar Journal, The Magazine of Illinois Lawyers, March 2010, Volume 98, Number 3, Page 122
  16. The John Marshall Law School Scholarships
  17. Mutual Ground: Walk for Hope 2013
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