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 […]

David Osborne: Cause No. 12 CH 39024 (Cir. Ct. of Cook Co., IL Mar. 10, 2014) (obtained summary judgment on behalf of London Market clients, finding no duty to defend or indemnify claims based upon real estate fraud and related claims under Title Agents Errors and Omissions policy)

Chris Pickett: We were retained to review coverage in response to a $2.3M building collapse claim.  We learned during our investigation that the insured misrepresented material facts on the application and while reporting the claim after securing sworn EUO testimony and evidence demonstrating the fraud, the insured stipulated to a […]

Howard Trafman obtained a not liable defense verdict in favor of the defendant beverage company and its driver in a 1-week trial in Cook Co. involving a three-vehicle motor vehicle collision on I-290.  The defense successfully argued that another driver who settled out prior to trial was the sole proximate […]