Chris Pickett recently obtained summary judgment in the Southern District of Illinois in a federal declaratory judgment action that arose from an underlying lawsuit alleging violations of the Residential Real Property Disclosure Act. In granting our motion, the Court held that the insured attempted to conceal the property’s defects from […]

Howard Trafman and Jadyn Atteberry recently obtained summary judgment in favor of a commercial property owner in a lawsuit arising out of a trip and fall in Winnebago County.  Plaintiff claimed she was walking on the sidewalk outside of the property owned and maintained by our client.   She allegedly fell […]

LPP associate Jadyn Atteberry secured a favorable trial verdict last week in Cook County in a complex multi-vehicle collision.  At the outset, our client any involvement in causing the collision and wholly blamed the co-defendant who had hit Plaintiff, our insured, and an additional vehicle. The case proceeded to trial, […]

A new appellate decision sheds new light on the conditions under which a party can file an action against a deceased person’s personal representative.  In Cross v. Ochsenschlager, the plaintiff sued a wrong-way driver who caused an accident that injured her.  The case traveled through the courts for a very […]

A recent Illinois appellate court decision has affirmed the continued viability of the intrastate forum non conveniens doctrine despite calls for its abolishment in an era of remote court proceedings and virtual depositions. In Adamian v. Balash, 2024 IL App (1st) 231876, the plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in Cook County […]