David Osborne and Joe Postel successfully concluded a declaratory judgment action by prevailing in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Netherlands Ins. Company v. Phusion Projects, Inc., 737 F.3d 1174 (7th Cir. 2013). The insured manufactured alcoholic energy drinks, allegedly marketed to minors, and was sued in several wrongful […]

Attorney Katherine Crouch recently obtained summary judgment twice, on successive motions, in a Cook County case, extricating her janitorial services client from a multi-party lawsuit just a few months in advance of the trial date. The plaintiff fell on a broken drainage grate while at work, sustaining leg and wrist […]

Attorney Katherine Crouch recently obtained summary judgment in a premises liability case in Cook County. The Plaintiff was celebrating her bachelorette party at our client’s establishment. She slipped and fell on a spilled drink, landing on broken glass and resulting in a laceration to her wrist. She sustained a severed […]

Attorneys Bill Lindsay and Chris Pickett won summary judgment for their client after learning that plaintiff failed to disclose his tort claim when he filed for bankruptcy. The plaintiff worked for the US Post Office and filed a lawsuit in 2013 claiming that he fell through our client’s pre-cast concrete […]

Attorney Joseph Postel recently won summary judgment for Acuity after the court declared that Acuity had no duty to defend the insured tire shop and its officers in a personal injury suit. A customer of the shop alleged that he was bitten by a dog while at the business. Acuity […]