Peter Syregelas was engaged by a policyholder client to help secure insurance coverage for a claim of negligent hiring/retention after an employee of our client assaulted a customer at a large Las Vegas resort. Our client’s carriers took a no coverage position asserting the intentional conduct exclusion to their policies, […]

In a risk-shifting case for a firm insurer client, Peter Syregelas and Haley Loutfy obtained a favorable settlement after a separate carrier, which insured the subcontractor of our client’s named insured, wrongfully denied additional insured coverage. Upon receipt of the matter, our firm implored the denying insurer to recognize its duty to defend as […]

In a St. Clair County case involving a Section 1983 claim, Steven Becker secured the dismissal of a towing company who was accused of having seized the Plaintiff’s car and property, in violation of his constitutional rights. We made numerous arguments, including that our client could not be liable under Section 1983 because […]

Peter Syregelas defended a summary judgment he obtained in the circuit court of Cook County which found that an insured’s vehicle was not covered under her insurance policy and the insurer did not have a duty to defend or indemnify her for damage she caused to another vehicle. Peter fended off […]

In a Cook County construction case, Steven Becker recently secured the dismissal, with prejudice, of the general contractor on the subject project. The Plaintiff, our client’s superintendent, alleged that he tripped and fell due to some construction materials that were left on the jobsite by the electrical contractor. The Plaintiff sued the […]