Joe Postel and Brendan Ross, with the help of their insurer client, engineered a settlement of four related lawsuits simultaneously in federal court in Indianapolis.  Two construction defect suits were filed in Indiana state court against a builder insured by LPP’s client, each involving a different house and a different […]

Peter Syregelas recently obtained a summary judgment on behalf of the firm’s liability carrier client finding no duty to defend or indemnify a company accused of violating Illinois’s Biometric Information Protection Act (BIPA) when it required its employees to use a hand-scanning device to clock in and out of work. […]

Peter Syregelas recently obtained judgment in favor of our insurer client in the Southern District of Illinois.  In that case, Peter argued that there was no coverage for a claim of retaliatory discharge and violations of the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act under a Commercial Liability Insurance Policy, after […]

Peter Syregelas was engaged by a policyholder client to help secure insurance coverage for a claim of negligent hiring/retention after an employee of our client assaulted a customer at a large Las Vegas resort. Our client’s carriers took a no coverage position asserting the intentional conduct exclusion to their policies, […]

In a risk-shifting case for a firm insurer client, Peter Syregelas and Haley Loutfy obtained a favorable settlement after a separate carrier, which insured the subcontractor of our client’s named insured, wrongfully denied additional insured coverage. Upon receipt of the matter, our firm implored the denying insurer to recognize its duty to defend as […]