Peter Syregelas Represents Insurer Under CGL and Business Interruption

Dec 20, 2016 Coverage
Peter Syregelas: Represented an insurer in a coverage dispute under CGL and business interruption parts to a package policy where a major supplier of animal feed allegedly neglected to add vitamin d supplement to animal feed causing rickets and death in $12 million worth of livestock.

Peter Syregelas Represents Legal Malpractice Insurer

Oct 20, 2016 Coverage
Peter Syregelas: Represented a legal malpractice insurer through trial in rescission of professional liability policy issued to a prominent law firm to obtain rescission based on nondisclosure of a $30 million suit which was threatened against insured but not disclosed on application.

Peter Syregelas Obtains Victory Before Illinois Supreme Court

Sep 20, 2016 General
Peter Syregelas: Obtained victory before the Illinois Supreme Court, successfully challenging the constitutionality of Public Act 98-1132, Senate Bill 3075, which reduced the number of jurors in a civil trial in State of Illinois from 12 to 6.

Favorable Settlement Reached in Admitted Negligence School Bus Accident Case

Jul 20, 2016 Defense
Bill Lindsay: We limited a jury verdict to under $500,000 in an admitted negligence case where the plaintiff, a school girl, suffered severe facial disfigurement and other injuries when struck as she crossed in front of a school bus with lights flashing. The plaintiff was represented by one of the […]

Howard Trafman Obtains a Not Liable Defense Verdict for Audio/Visual Company in Stage-Hand Injury Case

May 12, 2016 Defense
Howard Trafman obtained a not liable defense verdict in a case where Plaintiff, a stage-hand, was working at an event (President Barack Obama’s birthday) at the Aragon Ballroom and claimed to sustain a torn hip labrum which required surgery and a herniated disc which required surgery.  Plaintiff claimed she was […]