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 […]

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 […]

In a Cook County construction case, Steven Becker recently secured the dismissal, with prejudice, of the general contractor on the subject project. The Plaintiff, our client’s superintendent, alleged that he tripped and fell due to some construction materials that were left on the jobsite by the electrical contractor. The Plaintiff sued the […]

Peter Syregelas and Haley Loutfy obtained judgment on the pleadings for an insurer against a purported additional insured which claimed coverage under a policy issued to our client’s named insured. The court held that the subcontract between the named insured and the general contractor did not effectively incorporate the obligation […]

Howard Trafman: State court settlement. Munoz v. Bulley & Andrews. March 2022.