Attorneys David Osborne and Chris Pickett won an appeal clearing the path for their client to recover nearly $500,000 in defense fees and indemnity payments from the defendant carrier.  After a construction site accident in 2006, general contractor Alden Bennett Construction Company tendered its defense and indemnity to two different […]

Chris Pickett won an appeal affirming summary judgment. In Founders Ins. Co. v. Paldo, et al., 2014 IL (1st) 130756-U, the underlying plaintiff, Paldo, filed suit against Founders’ named insured, Nite & Day Entertainment, alleging that Nite & Day violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) by sending unsolicited junk […]

David Osborne: 2012 IL App (1st) 102877 (affirming dismissal of three wrongful death claims against Chicago charter school and Chicago School Board with prejudice on tort immunity grounds, rejecting constitutional challenges to statute)

Peter Syregelas: Obtained victory before the 7th Circuit in an appeal from the dismissal of a $34 million complaint filed by Bank of America against an accounting firm for alleged misrepresentation on a valuation statement used to obtain a loan for the Knight Industries, which went bankrupt.

David Osborne: Cause No. 11 CH 17360 (Cir. Ct. of Cook Co., IL Aug. 22, 2013), appeal withdrawn (obtained summary judgment in favor of insurer, find that real estate agent for additional insured building owner not entitled to blanket coverage under client’s CGL policy, despite underlying contractual requirement to the contrary)