Howard Trafman & Kate Crouch: Settlement during trial. Rominsky v. W.E. O’Neil. January 2023.

Peter Syregelas: Secured settlement at mediation for policyholder client, by securing contributions from two insurers toward settlement with a former employee for alleged allegations of negligent hiring/retention of person who allegedly sexually assaulted the plaintiff. December 2022.

Peter Syregelas: Litigated declaratory judgment suit against for an underlying biometric protection act case. Negotiated settlement for CGL and UMB insurer after insured self-funded 800K settlement with class in addition to incurring 200K in defense fees. Insured got less than a 10% recovery from insurer. December 2022.

LPP recently prevailed in the Illinois Appellate Court freeing our client from a case which alleged that it was liable for accepting the fruits of a fraud after our client purchased the assets of a company heading to bankruptcy in a UCC Article 9 Transaction from the near bankrupt firm’s […]

Peter Syregelas: Obtained judgment against a purported additional insured in Lake County, Illinois, based on failure of an incorporation clause in subcontract to obligate the naming of a landowner as an additional insured on insurer client’s policy. October 2022.