Plaintiffs filed an Amended Complaint against our client- the premises owner, a general contractor, and architect for injuries one of the Plaintiffs allegedly sustained on June 26, 2017, while working on the roof at a construction project. Plaintiff allegedly fell from a ladder when the roof beneath the ladder caved […]
Category: Premises Liability
Kate Crouch Earns Summary Judgment on Behalf of Grocery Chain After a Slip and Fall by a Customer
Jun 15, 2022 Defense
Kate Crouch earned summary judgment from a federal magistrate judge on behalf of a grocery chain after a slip and fall by a customer. Security footage showed that Plaintiff fell almost immediately after the floor had been washed by machine. We successfully showed, using the security footage, that Plaintiff could […]
Kate Crouch Secures Summary Judgment on Behalf of Landowner for a Slip and Fall on Ice by Tenant
May 15, 2022 Defense
Kate Crouch secured summary judgment on behalf of a landowner for a slip and fall on ice by a tenant. Through a strong deposition of Plaintiff in particular, we demonstrated that Plaintiff could not substantiate a claim that the ice accumulated unnaturally. While Plaintiff suggested multiple theories for the ice’s […]
Summary Judgment in Cook County – Plaintiff’s Slip and Fall Based on Speculation
Feb 08, 2022 Defense
Kate Crouch and Brendan Ross obtained summary judgment for our client in a Cook County snow/ice fall case. Plaintiff, an elderly resident of the premises at issue, claimed that she slipped on ice while descending an exterior staircase as a result of an unnatural accumulation. At the conclusion of party […]
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 […]