Category: Defense

Steve Becker’s Exceptional Efforts Allow Insurer to Recoup Worker’s Compensation Lien

Apr 16, 2025 Construction Injury
In a multi-party construction case, Steve Becker successfully fended off two breach of contract claims (for failure to procure insurance and failure to indemnify) and recovered $187,500 on behalf of our client and insurance carrier.  Steve represented the employer of an operating engineer who injured himself while setting up his […]

Howard Trafman and Jadyn Atteberry Argue De Minimis, Earn Summary Judgment

Apr 10, 2025 Defense
Howard Trafman and Jadyn Atteberry recently obtained summary judgment in favor of a commercial property owner in a lawsuit arising out of a trip and fall in Winnebago County.  Plaintiff claimed she was walking on the sidewalk outside of the property owned and maintained by our client.   She allegedly fell […]

Jadyn Atteberry Wins Her First Jury Trial!

Apr 08, 2025 Auto
LPP associate Jadyn Atteberry secured a favorable trial verdict last week in Cook County in a complex multi-vehicle collision.  At the outset, our client any involvement in causing the collision and wholly blamed the co-defendant who had hit Plaintiff, our insured, and an additional vehicle. The case proceeded to trial, […]

Howard Trafman and Kendal Freeze-Crace Secure Early Voluntary Dismissal on Wrongful Death Case

Dec 04, 2024 Defense
A thorough investigation at the outset of an assignment always pays off, and Howard Trafman and Kendal Freeze-Crace certainly demonstrated that truism in a recent wrongful death case in McHenry County, Illinois. In this case, Plaintiff’s decedent allegedly consumed bad oysters.  Numerous parties were sued in an effort to sort […]

James Barrow and Jadyn Atteberry Secure Very Early Resolution on Premises Liability Case

Sep 27, 2024 Defense
Less than two months between file assignment and summary judgment being granted?  That qualifies as a big early resolution win for James Barrow and Jadyn Atteberry on a recent Cook County premises liability case. In a complicated multiparty matter involving numerous construction companies, James Barrow and Jadyn Atteberry were able […]