In the Western District of Wisconsin, Kate Crouch obtained defense verdict on behalf of correctional care nurse charged with deliberate indifference to the medical needs of a pretrial detainee who allegedly suffered fatal seizures as result of withdrawal from benzodiazepines. Case brought under 42 U.S.C. §1983, alleging violations of Fourteenth […]

Kate Crouch earned a verdict significantly below our last offer in a rear-end auto accident case. We admitted negligence, but denied causation and contested the nature and extent of the plaintiff’s injuries.  The jury accepted and adopted our position that only the first year of medical treatment was related to […]

Chris Pickett: We represented a CGL insurer who undertook the defense of its named insured for an underlying construction defect claim but was subject to an ROR for damage to the insured’s own work or product.  The insured demanded independent “Peppers” counsel and filed a DJ demanding control of the […]

This spring, Kate Crouch earned summary judgment in the Circuit Court of Cook County, on behalf of a janitorial contractor sued by a slip and fall victim in the parking lot of a shopping mall. Plaintiff, who sustained significant injuries, slipped upon a large slick of motor oil near the […]

Chris Pickett: We defended a general contractor against a construction site injury case involving an HVAC employee who fell through a floor penetration.  Despite contracting to perform general contracting services, we argued that our client assigned these duties to a construction and property manager who ended up paying the majority […]