Chris Pickett recently secured judgment on the pleadings in favor of their client, a CGL insurer.  At issue was a tender of defense from a putative additional insured general contractor for an underlying construction site injury.  The general contractor did have a written contract with our client’s named insured and […]

Peter Syregelas: Secured payment from insurer of approximately $3 million dollars to insured client, a major evangelical church, toward settlement of claims asserted by its former pastor and for defense fees incurred in an arbitration in the Christian Reconciliation Forum. August 2021.

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 […]