An in-depth investigation at the outset of an assignment always pays off, and Howard Trafman and Steve Schuetz certainly demonstrated this in a recent multi-party product liability case in Cook County, Illinois. Plaintiff was allegedly injured after the lift machine he was using at work to pick products from store […]

In a multi-party construction case, Steve Becker successfully fended off two breach of contract claims (for failure to procure insurance and failure to indemnify) and recovered $187,500 on behalf of our client and insurance carrier.  Steve represented the employer of an operating engineer who injured himself while setting up his […]

Howard Trafman and Jadyn Atteberry recently obtained summary judgment in favor of a commercial property owner in a lawsuit arising out of a trip and fall in Winnebago County.  Plaintiff claimed she was walking on the sidewalk outside of the property owned and maintained by our client.   She allegedly fell […]

LPP associate Jadyn Atteberry secured a favorable trial verdict last week in Cook County in a complex multi-vehicle collision.  At the outset, our client any involvement in causing the collision and wholly blamed the co-defendant who had hit Plaintiff, our insured, and an additional vehicle. The case proceeded to trial, […]

A thorough investigation at the outset of an assignment always pays off, and Howard Trafman and Kendal Freeze-Crace certainly demonstrated that truism in a recent wrongful death case in McHenry County, Illinois. In this case, Plaintiff’s decedent allegedly consumed bad oysters.  Numerous parties were sued in an effort to sort […]