Product Liability Archives - Lindsay, Pickett & Postel, LLC

Category: Product Liability

Kate Crouch and Steve Schuetz Earn Dismissal with Prejudice in a Catastrophic Workplace Injury Case

Jul 05, 2024 Defense

Persistence pays, and making counsel keep their promises does, too. Partner Kate Crouch and senior counsel Steve Schuetz recently secured dismissal with prejudice of a Cook County action alleging negligence against a mechanical contractor following a degloving incident at Plaintiff’s workplace. LPP conducted a quick but thorough investigation of the […]

Howard Trafman Obtains Favorable Settlement in Product Liability Case Involving Machine Injury

Dec 15, 2021 Defense

Howard Trafman: Federal court settlement. Morales v. Cidan Machinery, Inc. December 2021.

First Interpretation Of Liquor Liability Exclusion In Illinois Goes To The Insurer

May 07, 2013 Defense

David Osborne and Joe Postel successfully concluded a declaratory judgment action by prevailing in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Netherlands Ins. Company v. Phusion Projects, Inc., 737 F.3d 1174 (7th Cir. 2013). The insured manufactured alcoholic energy drinks, allegedly marketed to minors, and was sued in several wrongful […]

Breach Of Contract To Settle Product Liability Lawsuit – Offer Was Effectively Withdrawn When Trial Judge Granted Defendant’s Summary Judgment Motion

Mar 15, 2005 Defense

Joe Postel: Kalis v. Colgate-Palmolive Co., 357 Ill. App. 3d 172 (1st Dist. 2005)

Product Liability – Defendant Entitled To Summary Judgment Because Plaintiff Could Not Prove That Defendant Manufactured Product

Jun 15, 2000 Defense

Joe Postel: Kalis v. Colgate-Palmolive Co., 231 F.3d 1049 (7th Cir. 2000)