Kate Crouch recently won a motion to dismiss our client from a significant construction case pending in Cook County involving a career-ending injury to a union carpenter.  The construction site in question was strewn with pieces of old precast that had been buried when the prior structure was built, and […]

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 […]

In a recent case involving the ever-evolving natural accumulation rule, Kate Crouch defended a landscaping company that contracted to remove snow and place salt to remediate ice at the premises where a plaintiff fell, sustaining a serious shoulder fracture with medical specials of $150,000.  Plaintiff gave ample testimony in her […]

Chris Pickett and David Osborne recently secured a significant win for insurers defending construction defect claims in Illinois under a reservations of rights.  Specifically, the Northern District of Illinois found in favor of the insurer-client, holding that it had the right to control the defense with its own panel counsel […]

Peter Syregelas: Obtained summary judgment in Illinois on behalf of an insurer in an insurance coverage under commercial general liability and umbrella policies for dispute involving an underlying Biometric Information Protection Act case finding no duty to defend. First summary judgment granted on this type of case in favor of […]