Chris Pickett: After our client was target-tendered by a general contractor, our client assumed the defense and indemnify of the general contractor in exchange for an assignment of rights against another CGL carrier. Having paid over $400,000 in defense and indemnity payments, our client sued the defendant CGL carrier under […]

In Attorneys’ Fees and Interest Attorney Chris Pickett won summary judgment on behalf of his client, Dr. John Kelsey, arguing that Dr. Kelsey’s former attorneys, the law firm of Weldon-Linne & Vogt (WLV), were barred from seeking attorneys’ fees under the doctrine of res judicata. WLV represented Dr. Kelsey as […]

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 […]