While a Partner at his prior law firm, Michael J. Goldberg was instrumental in earning one of the highest annual wrongful death recoveries in the State of Illinois for a 41 year-old man who was burned to death as a result of a chemical plant explosion.

The plaintiff, a truck delivery person, entered the defendant’s chemical plant to make a routine delivery when the defendant’s chemicals spilled causing a vapor cloud which resulted in a tragic explosion burning 90% of the plaintiff’s body, tragically causing the plaintiff to pass away 3 days following the explosion. The Defendant argued that the plaintiff was warned not to go into the plant following the spill and that the plaintiff ignored the warning, resulting in the plaintiff’s death. Despite the Defendant’s allegations, Mr. Goldberg helped prove through chemical experts that the Defendant was liable for the plaintiff’s death.

 Whiteside & Goldberg, Ltd. has also won numerous cases that were either settled or tried before a jury/arbitrator, which have resulted in millions of dollars in recoveries for the firm’s clients.

Attorney Jason M. Whiteside, while working with one of the largest asbestos litigation firms in the country, obtained a $4 million + settlement for a 52 year old man who was diagnosed with mesothelioma. Our client was in the Navy in the late 1960’s and worked on the boilers and piping throughout his ship which was coated in asbestos.

Unfortunately, our client developed mesothelioma after an almost 40 year latency period and died shortly thereafter, leaving behind a wife and three children.

Moments before trial was scheduled to begin, Jason M. Whiteside and Michael J. Goldberg obtained a record recovery of $2,250,000.00 for a 54 year-old man who suffered serious injuries as the result of an automobile collision in Rock Island County, IL. The Plaintiff’s car was struck from behind at a high rate of speed, resulting in the Plaintiff suffering a fractured spine which required fusion surgery to repair. Subsequently, the Plaintiff developed chronic pain and was unable to return to work. The Defendant denied liability for causing the collision and also disputed the nature and extent of the Plaintiff’s injuries. Specifically, the Defendant hired two expert doctors in an attempt to prove that the Plaintiff was faking his complaints of pain, and that the Plaintiff was physically and emotionally capable of returning to gainful employment.

 Attorneys Jason M. Whiteside and Michael J. Goldberg aggressively pushed the case towards trial. After the jury was picked and in the moments before Michael J. Goldberg was to deliver his opening statement, the Defendants offered and the Plaintiff agreed to accept the lump sum of $2,250,000 to resolve the case.  It is believed that $2,250,000 represents one of the largest, if not the largest, recoveries in 2014 for a victim of automobile negligence in Rock Island County. It should also be noted that the defendants’ offer 2 ½ weeks before trial was only $100,000.

The Circuit Court of Cook County praised Michael J. Goldberg’s $2,200,000 award for a family who lost a 64-year-old husband and father of 3 who was killed on his way to work when a 19-year-old intoxicated driver crossed the center-line and struck the deceased husband and father head-on. With aggressive representation and by utilizing creative social media tactics, Mr. Goldberg was able to prove that the vehicle driven by the 19-year-old was negligently entrusted to him by the young adult’s father and business owner, who knew or should have known of his son’s propensity to drink and drive.  By establishing the negligent entrustment theory, Mr. Goldberg was able to secure enough insurance coverage to maximize the amount of compensation for his clients to the fullest for their devastating loss. To get a complex case of this magnitude resolved in only 8 months further illustrates the zeal and passion the attorneys at Whiteside & Goldberg have for their clients.

Attorney Jason M. Whiteside, while working with one of the largest asbestos litigation firms in the country, obtained over $2 Million for an 82 year old man diagnosed with mesothelioma. Our client worked in several manufacturing industries throughout the 1950’s and 1960’s, where he was exposed to asbestos.

Unfortunately, our client was diagnosed with mesothelioma at the age of 81 and subsequently passed away in under one year.

Attorney Jason M. Whiteside, while working with one of the largest asbestos litigation firms in the country, obtained over $2 Million settlement for the family of an 81 year old man who had previously passed away from mesothelioma. Our client worked for a large aeronautical manufacturer for several decades, where he was exposed to several products containing asbestos.

Michael J. Goldberg obtained a $1,925,000 victory for his 29-year-old client who was crossing Upper Wacker Drive at Clark Street in downtown Chicago when she was hit and run over by an airport transportation van. Michael J. Goldberg was able to get the van driver to admit that he was not looking out for pedestrian traffic during the moments before impact. Michael J. Goldberg also got the van driver to admit that the impact site occurred within the pedestrian crosswalk, which was hotly disputed before the examination. While Michael J. Goldberg’s client suffered several fractures to her spine and hip requiring a number of surgeries to repair, she remarkably made an excellent recovery. No offers were made on the case until Michael J. Goldberg’s zealous and thorough cross examination of the defendant driver.

While a Partner at his former firm, Michael J. Goldberg helped earn one of the highest annual medical malpractice recoveries in Winnebago County involving an infant for a 3-month-old child who died as a result of medical malpractice. The facts included a baby boy who suffered from Hirschsprung’s Disease, which went undetected and misdiagnosed for three months.

Ultimately, the disease took a fatal toll on the 3-month child, leaving 2 loving parents and a big brother behind. In the face of a hotly contested medical malpractice, venued in one of the most doctor-friendly venues in Illinois, Mr. Goldberg helped prove that the Defendant physicians were liable for the infant’s death.

Whiteside & Goldberg, Ltd. has also won numerous cases that were either settled or tried before a jury/arbitrator, which have resulted in millions of dollars in recoveries for the firm’s clients.

Michael J. Goldberg and Bryan J. O’Connor teamed up to obtain another seven figure result for loving parents who lost their 20-year-old son when he was struck by a vehicle while their son was riding a bicycle. The 20-year-old was a competitive cyclist who was training on a highway when the defendant’s truck struck the rear of the bicycle, causing our client to fall, hit his head, and tragically die from head injuries. The defendant driver claimed that our client was cycling in a dangerous manner and was responsible for his own death. Michael and Bryan were able to work with local law enforcement to prove that our client did nothing to cause or to contribute to his death.

Michael J. Goldberg obtained a $1,450,000 award for a family who lost their 17-year-old son and brother after losing control of his skateboard when holding onto his friend’s moving vehicle. The skateboarder fell on his head and tragically died a few hours later. The driver’s insurance company blamed the young skateboarder for causing the tragic incident by carelessly holding onto a moving vehicle. The insurance company offered $750,000 in compensation to the family before the family ever reached out to an attorney. After seriously considering the offer, the family contacted and hired Michael J. Goldberg who in just two months was able to get the offer all the way up to $1,450,000 out of the $1,500,000 insurance policy limits. By reconstructing the scene of the incident, Michael J. Goldberg was able to prove that the driver of the vehicle was operating at a reckless speed with little regard for the safety of the skateboarder. 

Michael J. Goldberg and Jason M. Whiteside partnered up to obtain over $1,300,000 after a careless driver fell asleep at the wheel, badly injuring Whiteside & Goldberg’s client who was in his late 20s at the time of the crash. The young man suffered broken hips and internal organ injuries that required surgery and a 2 week hospital stay. Thankfully for Michael and Jason’s client, he survived the crash, but he now walks with a cane due to the hip injuries.

Michael J. Goldberg obtained a $1,250,000 wrongful death award on behalf of a family who lost their 9-year-old son and brother. Michael J. Goldberg’s young client was riding his bicycle home on a beautiful summer evening when he entered the street from a sidewalk at the same time an off-duty Chicago Police Officer was traveling through the intersection with his truck, causing a fatal crash. At first, the defense denied liability, blaming the 9-year-old for “darting out” into the intersection. Fortunately, Michael J. Goldberg was quick to recreate the scene and secure video coverage of the crash from a nearby home that showed the Chicago Police Officer traveling too fast for conditions as the officer entered the intersection. After tirelessly proving his case, the officer’s automobile insurance company paid the entire amount of insurance policy limits to resolve the case.   

Michael J. Goldberg obtained another seven figure result when he obtained $1,000,000 from a construction company truck’s insurer. The crash occurred inside a construction zone when the trucker made a left-turn directly in front of our client, who was operating a motorcycle. The trucker tried blaming our client for driving his motorcycle too fast for conditions, but Michael J. Goldberg was able to quickly recreate the scene through witness statements to prove that the truck driver was recklessly weaving in and out of construction zone traffic for several blocks before negligently turning left directly into the path of Michael J. Goldberg’s client. The bicyclist broke his leg, requiring surgery, which forced him out of work as an ironworker for 9 months. Thankfully, the motorcyclist is now back to performing his heavy duty construction job.

Michael J. Goldberg obtained a $1,000,000 wrongful death award for a family who lost their 24-year-old son and brother. Michael J. Goldberg’s client was a passenger in a vehicle driven by an intoxicated motorist who had a blood ethanol level of over three times the legal limit. Michael J. Goldberg’s client was also greatly intoxicated at the time of his death. The defense argued that Michael J. Goldberg’s client did not exercise ordinary care when getting into a vehicle with an intoxicated driver and further argued that such a careless act was the reason for Michael J. Goldberg’s client’s death. However, Michael J. Goldberg was able to prove that the driver was considerably more responsible than his passenger client was for causing the tragic crash, regardless of how significantly intoxicated the passenger was at the time. 

Michael J. Goldberg and Jason M. Whiteside obtained another recent seven figure result when they obtained the maximum $1,000,000 insurance policy limits from a semi-truck’s insurer. The crash occurred inside an intersection with both parties claiming they had the green light upon entering it. With their proactive and determined litigation tactics, Michael J. Goldberg and Jason M. Whiteside were able to prove that the truck driver entered the intersection with a red light. The firm’s 61-year-old client suffered spinal injuries requiring a cervical discectomy and fusion as well as an insertion of a spinal cord stimulator. Once again, no offers were made on the case until Michael J. Goldberg and Jason M. Whiteside took over the case to litigate. 

Michael J. Goldberg and Bryan J. O’Connor teamed up to obtain another seven figure result for a family who lost their husband and father after he fell out of a golf cart. Due to the confidential nature of this settlement, Michael and Bryan cannot identify the parties by name or go into specifics about what happened, but this was a very hotly disputed case where the defendants blamed our client for his own death by getting into the back of a 2-seater golf cart. Through relentless and tireless work, Michael and Bryan were able to prove that the defendants were responsible for the death of our client.

Medical malpractice legend Donald A. Shapiro partnered with Michael J. Goldberg to obtain $1,000,000 for a 43-year-old man who was seeing a urologist for regular prostate exams due to a family history of prostate cancer. Unfortunately, the urologist missed several key markers that showed that the man was suffering from prostate cancer, delaying the diagnosis of the man’s prostate cancer until it reached state 4 with no viable treatment available. The defendant urologist alleged that even if the prostate cancer was diagnosed in time, that the cancer was so aggressive that the alleged delay in diagnosis did not change the outcome. Michael and Donald retained one of the most qualified urology experts in the country to testify that the defendant urologist should have diagnosed the prostate cancer sooner based on the plaintiff’s markers and had the cancer been diagnosed sooner, that the plaintiff would have had a much better chance at survival with early intervention.

Michael J. Goldberg and Bryan J. O’Connor teamed up to recovery $900,000 for a baseball coach who is now blind in one eye after being struck by a baseball during batting practice. Michael and Bryan’s client was throwing batting practice to his youth baseball team when a baseball that was hit by a player traveled through the loose/defective protective screen that was supposed to stop the baseball. Michael and Bryan sued the owner of the protective screen and the baseball tournament organizer for failing to provide a sturdy/safe protective screen for the coach. The defendants argued that the screen was safe and that the coach signed a waiver, which stopped him from suing the defendants. A judge ruled that the waiver did not apply, thanks to the legal wisdom of Michael and Bryan. The defendants also argued that the coach was responsible for his injuries, as throwing practice is inherently dangerous. Michael and Bryan successfully argued that the coach’s eye would never have been struck if the protective screen did its job (protecting pitchers from being hit by a baseball).

Michael J. Goldberg and Bryan J. O’Connor teamed up to recovery $820,000 for a man his 40s, who was sexually abused by his priest when he was a young adolescent. The priest repeatedly denied the accusation of abuse and also argued that the statute of limitations barred the victim’s claims. Michael and Bryan spoke to approximately 100 witnesses and through their relentless investigation as well as through unstoppable pursuit for justice for their abused client, they were able to secure $820,000 for their client. Michael and Bryan also persuaded the Archdiocese to pay for counseling sessions for years to come in order to help the victim through this horrible ordeal.

Michael J. Goldberg earned a $750,000 award for a 27-year-old woman who was involved in a violent crash as a passenger. The Plaintiff sustained multiple fractures to both of her legs and to her vertebra. Fortunately for the plaintiff, the vertebra fractures healed, however, her right ankle fracture required three invasive operations.

The defendant’s automobile insurance company tendered its $300,000 policy limits right away, but Mr. Goldberg was relentless in proving punitive damages against the defendant personally for his reckless driving and for his intoxication, enough so that the defendant coughed up $450,000 of his own money to settle the case with Mr. Goldberg and the plaintiff before trial.

Whiteside & Goldberg, Ltd. has also won numerous cases that were either settled or tried before a jury/arbitrator, which have resulted in millions of dollars in recoveries for the firm’s clients.

An associate at Whiteside & Goldberg, secured a $710,000 settlement on behalf of a 51-year-old man who suffered a significant shoulder injury in a car accident. The man ended up needing invasive surgery to repair the damage to the shoulder, but thankfully, he made a full recovery after physical therapy. While $710,000 is a tremendous amount of compensation for a shoulder injury, it represents the relentless pursuit of Whiteside & Goldberg when working up a case to maximize our clients’ compensation. What is equally impressive is that the associate was able to obtain this fantastic result for his client without ever filing a lawsuit.

Whiteside & Goldberg, Ltd. has also won numerous cases that were either settled or tried before a jury/arbitrator, which have resulted in millions of dollars in recoveries for the firm’s clients. 

Michael J. Goldberg obtained a $700,000 award for a 60-year-old man who was already disabled with a pre-existing neck injury. Mr. Goldberg’s client was sideswiped on Interstate 57 by a semi-truck driver, which aggravated the client’s pre-existing neck injury that was operated on 10 years before the crash. The insurance company for the semi-truck tried to argue that Mr. Goldberg’s client was already disabled from his prior neck injury, but Mr. Goldberg was able to prove that the semi-truck driver’s negligence aggravated Mr. Goldberg’s client’s neck injury so badly that the client needed a subsequent surgery to repair the damage from the crash. Mr. Goldberg was able to resolve this case without filing a lawsuit, saving his client years of litigation time and costs. While Whiteside & Goldberg will continue do whatever it takes to gets cases resolved without litigation, every lawyer at Whiteside & Goldberg is prepared and ready for trial.

While working with local counsel in Louisville, KY, Michael J. Goldberg secured a $675,000 award for a truck driver who was transporting panes of glass from Chicago, IL to Louisville, KY. When the truck driver arrived at the glass company headquarters in Louisville, he began assisting the glass company employees with removing the panes of glass from the truck driver’s trailer. While assisting, several panes of glass fell on the truck driver’s leg, causing several fractures requiring surgery. The glass company employees blamed the truck driver for failing to follow proper protocol. Mr. Goldberg successfully argued and proved that the employees failed to secure the glass panes and failed to remove them from the truck driver’s trailer safely. The $675,000 award represented one of the highest annual settlements in Louisville, KY involving a fractured leg. 

Bryan J. O’Connor was awarded $580,000 by a Cook County jury for a 53-year-old woman who slipped and fell down a number of stairs at an apartment complex. Bryan successfully argued that the stairwell had multiple code violations that the property owner and the defense attorney hotly disputed. Right before Bryan started the trial, the defense offered $50,000 to settle the case. Bryan confidently turned the offer down and after a week-long trial, the jury did the right thing and awarded our client just compensation for the significant leg injuries she suffered that required 3 surgeries to repair. While the attorneys at Whiteside & Goldberg take immense pride in settling cases quickly through zealous litigation before trial, we are not afraid to take even the toughest cases to trial to ensure that our clients are compensated fairly.  

Jason M. Whiteside and Michael J. Goldberg teamed up to obtain $558,443 in compensation for a 51-year-old school bus driver who was rear-ended by a car. The bus driver did not complain of any pain on the date of the crash, but visited her doctor the following day for neck complaints that ended up resulting in a cervical fusion. The case was hotly disputed since the bus suffered minimal damage in the crash and since the bus driver had several years of medical treatment to her neck before the crash. Mr. Whiteside successfully argued before the Illinois Industrial Commission that her neck injuries were related to the crash and then Mr. Whiteside won again at the Appellate level. Mr. Goldberg took over the personal injury side of the case and obtained the full amount of insurance policy limits from the negligent driver’s insurance company. Mr. Goldberg then took on the underinsured motorist portion of the case and achieved another challenging win for the firm’s client. The defense hired 3 expert witnesses to testify that the bus driver’s injuries were not related to the crash. Through aggressive representation, Mr. Whiteside and Mr. Goldberg proved them wrong.

Michael J. Goldberg earned over a $550,000 award for a 25-year-old laborer who fell 30 feet at a construction site after a balcony that he was setting collapsed. The Plaintiff suffered 4 vertebral fractures, 4 fractures ribs, a lacerated spleen, a collapsed lung and a shoulder injury, which required surgery. After 11 months, the Plaintiff incredibly made a full recovery from his injuries.

Mr. Goldberg sued the general contractor as well as the architect who drew up the plans for the setting of the balconies alleging that the plans were not safe for laborers like the Plaintiff to work off of. The general contractor blamed the Plaintiff for working unsafely and also blamed the Plaintiff’s employer for not enforcing its own safety plan. Mr. Goldberg and his partner, Jason M. Whiteside, settled the Plaintiff’s Workers Compensation Case against the employer for over $100,000. Mr. Goldberg was then able to get the employer to put up an additional $300,000 on top of that on the Personal Injury case while settling against the general contractor and architect for $150,000. Mr. Goldberg will never forget the tears of joy that the Plaintiff and his wife shared together when the case resolved at such high numbers, allowing them to put college money away for their 3 children.

Whiteside & Goldberg, Ltd. has also won numerous cases that were either settled or tried before a jury/arbitrator, which have resulted in millions of dollars in recoveries for the firm’s clients.

Michael J. Goldberg and Jason M. Whiteside partnered up to obtain $550,000 for a 57-year-old who was rear ended by a semi-truck. Whiteside & Goldberg’s client was recommended for back surgery 2 years before the crash, but Michael and Jason argued that the rear end impact from the truck accelerated the need for back surgery, which the client had 1 year later. The defense argued that the impact was minor and that the client needed back surgery regardless of the crash. However, Michael and Jason were zealous in their pursuit of getting their client just compensation and through crucial testimony from the client’s treating physicians, Michael and Jason were able to link up the back surgery to the crash, which helped achieve this incredible result.

Michael J. Goldberg obtained a $525,000 victory for his 31-year-old client who was crossing the street in downtown Chicago controlled by a four-way stop when he was hit by a vehicle. The driver of the vehicle claimed that Michael J. Goldberg’s client came out of nowhere and caused the crash. Michael J. Goldberg was able to secure eyewitness testimony that contradicted the defendant driver’s story to prove that his client was walking safely through the intersection. Michael J. Goldberg’s client suffered a torn ACL and torn ligaments in his ankle, requiring surgeries to repair. Michael J. Goldberg aggressively pushed this case to trial and within weeks of the trial date, got the insurance company to offer almost $300,000 more than what it was offering two months before trial.

Michael J. Goldberg and Jason M. Whiteside teamed up to obtain a $500,000 recovery for a woman and her child after the woman was prescribed the wrong medication that caused her 27-week old unborn child to be delivered prematurely. The 27-week pregnant woman presented to a west suburban hospital for an evaluation following a fall. She was on progesterone therapy because of an incompetent cervix that threatened her pregnancy. The woman was mistakenly administered Prostin by hospital staff, which caused the woman to prematurely deliver her son 2 days later. After spending almost 3 months at the hospital for prematurity issues, the baby was released from the hospital with no lasting deficits or damages. The hospital claimed that the baby was born prematurely because of the mother’s incompetent cervix, but Michael Goldberg and Jason Whiteside were able to successfully prove that the medication was the proximate cause for the premature delivery. 

Michael J. Goldberg obtained a $500,000 maximum policy limits award for a man in his 30s who was t-boned by a vehicle that lost control on Interstate 94 in Chicago. The plaintiff suffered a broken arm as well as multiple tears in his knee requiring arthroscopic surgery. The defendant alleged that the plaintiff’s morbid obesity caused his knee injuries, but Michael J. Goldberg was able to use expert testimony to prove that the plaintiff’s injuries were caused by the crash, which ultimately resulted in the full award of the policy limits.

Whiteside & Goldberg, Ltd. has also won numerous cases that were either settled or tried before a jury/arbitrator, which have resulted in millions of dollars in recoveries for the firm’s clients. 

Michael J. Goldberg obtained a $475,000 legal malpractice award against another personal injury law firm. The defendant law firm failed to timely file a lawsuit against an entity responsible for its client’s slip and fall at a downtown department store. The 34-year-old plaintiff who slipped and fell developed complex regional pain syndrome from her injuries, which required a spinal cord stimulator and nerve blocks. When the plaintiff learned that her law firm failed to file a lawsuit against the responsible entity, she hired Mr. Goldberg to take action against her former law firm. This was a challenging case, as the evidence revealed Mr. Goldberg’s client running into the department store with wet shoes from outside rainfall. As a result, the defense argued that Mr. Goldberg’s client caused her own injuries. Through very creative and zealous lawyering, Mr. Goldberg was able to limit his client’s percentage of fault and obtained $475,000 out of the $500,000 legal malpractice insurance policy limits that the defendant law firm covered itself with.

Michael J. Goldberg obtained $475,000 in compensation for a 36-year-old laborer who hurt his back in a motor vehicle collision. Mr. Goldberg obtained this award just 2 months after filing a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Will County. While the defense argued that the laborer had several pre-existing back issues not related to the crash, Mr. Goldberg successfully proved that those issues did not debilitate the laborer in any way, shape, or form until the car crash that Mr. Goldberg represented the laborer for. While Mr. Goldberg takes great pride in the incredible recovery for his client, his ultimate satisfaction stems from the fact that the laborer was able to return back to work with no restrictions upon the laborer’s release from medical care. 

Jason M. Whiteside earned over a $450,000 award for a 51-year-old forklift operator who was in the process of loading materials into a semi-trailer when the trailer pulled forward, causing him and his forklift to fall from the rear of the trailer. The Plaintiff suffered a torn labrum in his left shoulder that required surgery as well as two lower back disc herniations.

Mr. Whiteside sued the owner of the loading dock, the company that owned the semi-trailer and its driver, as well as the company that placed the trailer in the loading dock, alleging that the dock lock mechanism was not properly working at the time of the incident and that multiple safety violations by all defendants contributed to this tragic set of circumstances. The Defendants then blamed the Plaintiff and his employer, alleging that they did not take adequate safety precautions consistent with the Plaintiff’s employer’s own safety plan. After several months of intense litigation, which included taking over 30 depositions in the case, Mr. Whiteside was able to resolve the case at Mediation.

Michael J. Goldberg earned a $400,000 award at his prior firm for a man hit by a tow truck and killed while a pedestrian on the median strip on the roadway. The Plaintiff died when Defendant’s truck struck Plaintiff and ran over him while Plaintiff was crossing Mannheim Road.

Police officers investigating the scene concluded that Plaintiff committed suicide by throwing himself in front of the truck. Michael J. Goldberg argued that Defendant’s truck was too far over towards the median, which caused the fatal crash. Liability was hotly contested as it came down both sides’ reconstruction and biomechanical experts disagreeing about how the collision occurred. But in the end, through Michael J. Goldberg’s zealous advocacy, the parties reached a resolution shortly before trial.

Whiteside & Goldberg, Ltd. has also won numerous cases that were either settled or tried before a jury/arbitrator, which have resulted in millions of dollars in recoveries for the firm’s clients.

Michael J. Goldberg earned a $400,000 settlement at his prior firm for a man who rear-ended a truck on Interstate 80. Michael J. Goldberg argued that the defendant truck driver failed to accelerate from the shoulder to a speed that was consistent with highway traffic, which caused the plaintiff truck driver to rear-end the defendant.

The defendant argued that he was traveling at a sufficient rate of speed and had the plaintiff applied his tractor brakes as opposed to his trailer brakes, he would have stopped or slowed his vehicle in time to avoid the collision. However, after impeaching the defendant driver during deposition testimony and with a relentless pursuit for justice for his client, Michael J. Goldberg was able to obtain a considerable settlement, especially in light of the challenging liability.

Whiteside & Goldberg, Ltd. has also won numerous cases that were either settled or tried before a jury/arbitrator, which have resulted in millions of dollars in recoveries for the firm’s clients.

Michael J. Goldberg won a $400,000 award for a man in his 60s who was rear-ended by a truck on Interstate 80 in Bloom Township. The case was hotly contested, as the Defendant truck driver claimed that the Plaintiff was weaving in and out of traffic and was the cause of the crash. Michael J. Goldberg argued that the defendant truck driver failed to follow company handbook protocol, which created unsafe truck operating on behalf of the truck driver, which, in turn, caused the crash. The Plaintiff sustained injuries to his neck and hands, requiring three surgeries.

Whiteside & Goldberg, Ltd. has also won numerous cases that were either settled or tried before a jury/arbitrator, which have resulted in millions of dollars in recoveries for the firm’s clients.