Chris Pickett and David Osborne recently secured a significant win for insurers defending construction defect claims in Illinois under a reservations of rights.  Specifically, the Northern District of Illinois found in favor of the insurer-client, holding that it had the right to control the defense with its own panel counsel […]

Peter Syregelas: Obtained summary judgment in Illinois on behalf of an insurer in an insurance coverage under commercial general liability and umbrella policies for dispute involving an underlying Biometric Information Protection Act case finding no duty to defend. First summary judgment granted on this type of case in favor of […]

Kate Crouch favorably resolved a substantial Cook County construction site injury lawsuit following several days of motions in limine and just prior to jury selection. The suit was brought by a subcontractor laborer whose hand was crushed by equipment owned and operated by LPP’s client (another subcontractor on-site). The impact […]

Joe Postel won judgment on the pleadings in which John Doe filed suit against Lindenhurst and its former police officer, alleging that the former officer sexually abused him while he was a minor and a participant in Lindenhurst’s police explorers program, and that Lindenhurst negligently failed to supervise the officer […]

Chris Pickett: Won summary judgment after the court declared that our client’s UM coverage was excess and could not be stacked with the primary UM coverage afforded on a State Farm policy to compensate plaintiff’s estate in fatal automobile accident.