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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]