Our client, a towing company, struck a pedestrian who was crossing a road at night.  The pedestrian passed away as a result of his injuries.   The entire incident was captured on surveillance video and was detrimental to our defenses.  Plaintiff—the decedent’s son—made an early $1M policy-limit demand. Despite the grim […]

In a recent Lake County construction case, Steve Becker represented a general contractor whom the Lake County Health Department contracted with to perform various renovations.  The work allegedly caused mold and harmful chemicals to spread throughout the building, resulting in severe health problems for three Health Department employees.  The Plaintiffs […]

Kate Crouch recently won a motion to dismiss our client from a significant construction case pending in Cook County involving a career-ending injury to a union carpenter.  The construction site in question was strewn with pieces of old precast that had been buried when the prior structure was built, and […]

Steve Becker recently prevailed on a motion for summary in Cook County, Illinois.  The case involved a Plaintiff who was an employee of our client’s sub-lessee, wherein he alleged injuries suffered when he tried to open a large industrial gate that secured the leased premises.  He claimed that the gate […]

In a recent case involving the ever-evolving natural accumulation rule, Kate Crouch defended a landscaping company that contracted to remove snow and place salt to remediate ice at the premises where a plaintiff fell, sustaining a serious shoulder fracture with medical specials of $150,000.  Plaintiff gave ample testimony in her […]