Howard Trafman: State court settlement. Keene v. LG Construction Group. October 2021.

In a recent Lake County construction case, Steve Becker represented a general contractor whom the Lake County Health Department contracted with to perform various renovations.  The work allegedly caused mold and harmful chemicals to spread throughout the building, resulting in severe health problems for three Health Department employees.  The Plaintiffs […]

Kate Crouch recently won a motion to dismiss our client from a significant construction case pending in Cook County involving a career-ending injury to a union carpenter.  The construction site in question was strewn with pieces of old precast that had been buried when the prior structure was built, and […]

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 […]

Howard Trafman obtained a directed verdict in favor of a contractor following a 1-week trial in Cook Co. in a construction site injury case involving serious injuries to a construction laborer.  Plaintiff alleged $552,137 in medical expenses (shoulder and spinal surgeries) and a career-ending injury with a claimed wage loss […]