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 […]

Peter Syregelas: Secured insurer contributions of approximately $300,000 toward the defense fees and indemnity paid out by insured for settlement of an action alleging violations of the City of Chicago Renting Ordinance from two insurers. January 2022.

Peter Syregelas: Secured an insurance payout of approximately $4 million toward the settlement of a case for a class action for violations of FRCA after the insured completely reserved rights after uncovering a liberalization endorsement on a policy which offered coverage for liquidated damages under an earlier policy, and which […]

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

Joe Postel recently won summary judgment for our insurer client in a coverage case against Commonwealth Edison involving a dispute about the application of the horizontal exhaustion rule and whether an endorsement to our client’s excess policy provided for vertical exhaustion.  George Moyett, an electrician, was severely burned by electricity […]