Peter Syregelas: Represented a major Chicago hospital in post trial proceedings following $53 million verdict in Cook County for child born with cerebral palsy and other health defects due to allegations of faulty prenatal and delivery care. Case settled for confidential sum well below jury verdict following the filing of […]

Steve Becker was awarded summary judgment on behalf of a developer and a general contractor, in the case of Botello v. Lexington Homes, LLC, et al., 2015 L 5620 (Cook County, IL). The plaintiff, an employee of a carpenter subcontractor (ACC, Inc.), was injured while trimming a 3rd-floor window of […]

Peter Syregelas: Represented a steel manufacturer in post-trial and appellate proceedings following a $34 million verdict in favor of a plaintiff injured in accident caused by driver of an intermodal transport company after jury found manufacturer, driver, and intermodal company in a joint venture.

The Illinois Appellate Court recently affirmed summary judgment in favor of an elderly homeowner in a bodily injury suit by a paid caretaker who claimed she slipped and fell in the insured’s garage as they were both getting out of the insured’s car. While the suit was pending, the homeowner […]

Chris Pickett recently won an appeal affirming summary judgment in favor of his clients. Pekin sought a declaration that it did not owe a duty to defend Lexington Station, LLC against a personal injury lawsuit filed by Marcos Botello, under a commercial general liability policy to ACC, Inc., plaintiff’s employer. […]