Category: Premises Liability

No Liability Verdict Obtained in Premises Liability Case

May 20, 2019 Defense
Bill Lindsay: We obtained a defense verdict of no liability in a premises liability case where the plaintiff was seriously injured by a truck’s tire block that shot out from a tire when the truck started to move. We convinced the jury that the trucking company was to blame for the […]

Summary Judgment (Twice) – No Negligence, No Contractual Indemnity

May 03, 2013 Defense
Attorney Katherine Crouch recently obtained summary judgment twice, on successive motions, in a Cook County case, extricating her janitorial services client from a multi-party lawsuit just a few months in advance of the trial date. The plaintiff fell on a broken drainage grate while at work, sustaining leg and wrist […]

Summary Judgment – No Duty Owed For Bride’s Bachelorette Party Injury

May 03, 2013 Defense
Attorney Katherine Crouch recently obtained summary judgment in a premises liability case in Cook County. The Plaintiff was celebrating her bachelorette party at our client’s establishment. She slipped and fell on a spilled drink, landing on broken glass and resulting in a laceration to her wrist. She sustained a severed […]