Chris Pickett: Our client’s named insured was the general contractor for new residential construction. The homeowner sued after claiming that defective construction resulted in water and mold damage to the property, as well as mental suffering related to mold exposure. We obtained summary judgment by arguing that damage to the […]

Chris Pickett – The additional insured demanded defense and indemnity from our client totaling over $200,000 but failed to give notice of the underlying lawsuit for over a year.  The court granted our motion for summary judgment after finding that the delay violated the notice condition and voided coverage.

Chris Pickett: We represented a CGL insurer who undertook the defense of its named insured for an underlying construction defect claim but was subject to an ROR for damage to the insured’s own work or product.  The insured demanded independent “Peppers” counsel and filed a DJ demanding control of the […]

This spring, Kate Crouch earned summary judgment in the Circuit Court of Cook County, on behalf of a janitorial contractor sued by a slip and fall victim in the parking lot of a shopping mall. Plaintiff, who sustained significant injuries, slipped upon a large slick of motor oil near the […]

Attorneys David Osborne and Chris Pickett won an appeal clearing the path for their client to recover nearly $500,000 in defense fees and indemnity payments from the defendant carrier.  After a construction site accident in 2006, general contractor Alden Bennett Construction Company tendered its defense and indemnity to two different […]