Peter Syregelas: Represented a steel manufacturer in post-trial and appellate proceedings following a $34 million verdict in favor of a plaintiff injured in accident caused by driver of an intermodal transport company after jury found manufacturer, driver, and intermodal company in a joint venture.

The Illinois Appellate Court recently affirmed summary judgment in favor of an elderly homeowner in a bodily injury suit by a paid caretaker who claimed she slipped and fell in the insured’s garage as they were both getting out of the insured’s car. While the suit was pending, the homeowner […]

Chris Pickett recently won an appeal affirming summary judgment in favor of his clients. Pekin sought a declaration that it did not owe a duty to defend Lexington Station, LLC against a personal injury lawsuit filed by Marcos Botello, under a commercial general liability policy to ACC, Inc., plaintiff’s employer. […]

Attorney David Osborne won an appeal affirming summary judgment that Westfield did not owe a duty to defend or indemnify a condominium developer against a construction defect lawsuit, notwithstanding allegations of damage to the unit owners’ personal property. The 933 Van Buren Condo Association filed a construction defect lawsuit and […]

Bill Lindsay: We obtained summary judgment in a trip/fall case where the plaintiff was employed by a tenant of an industrial property, and tripped on a defective stairway landing at the edge of a loading dock. Our client was the tenant on an adjoining property. We contended that the defective stairway […]