In our firm’s first foray into Cook County’s mandatory arbitration program for Law Division cases, partner Kate Crouch obtained a defense verdict in favor of our client.  The case at bar involved an accident between a cyclist and a driver who left work to pick up refreshments for herself and […]

Persistence pays, and making counsel keep their promises does, too.  Partner Kate Crouch and senior counsel Steve Schuetz recently secured dismissal with prejudice of a Cook County action alleging negligence against a mechanical contractor following a degloving incident at Plaintiff’s workplace.  LPP conducted a quick but thorough investigation of the […]

Congratulations are in order for the trial team of Howard Trafman and Steve Schuetz, who recently earned a highly defense-friendly verdict in Cook County on a difficult construction site injury case involving a career-ending injury to a young tradesman.  A lower verdict than the defense’s last offer always counts as […]

Kate Crouch recently obtained summary judgment in Cook County on behalf of a property owner and property manager in a case stemming from an alleged slip and fall in a strip mall parking lot.  Plaintiff alleged that the parking lot was negligently maintained and exhibited cracking and other defects.  Plaintiff […]

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 […]