Stipulated Judgment: Policy Rescinded After $2.3M First-Party Property Claim

Feb 20, 2014 Defense
Chris Pickett: We were retained to review coverage in response to a $2.3M building collapse claim.  We learned during our investigation that the insured misrepresented material facts on the application and while reporting the claim after securing sworn EUO testimony and evidence demonstrating the fraud, the insured stipulated to a […]

Howard Trafman Obtains a Not Liable Defense Verdict in Favor of Beverage Company Defendant Involved in Three-Vehicle Collision

Feb 06, 2014 Auto
Howard Trafman obtained a not liable defense verdict in favor of the defendant beverage company and its driver in a 1-week trial in Cook Co. involving a three-vehicle motor vehicle collision on I-290.  The defense successfully argued that another driver who settled out prior to trial was the sole proximate […]

David Osborne Successfully Shifts Additional Insured Burden from Insurer for Subcontractor Charged with Causing Massive Water Intrusion

Dec 10, 2013 Additional Insured
David Osborne: Cause No. 08 CH 31295 (Cir. Ct. of Cook Co., IL) (successfully shifted entire additional insured burden from client, insurer for subcontractor charged with causing massive water intrusion, to additional insured landlord’s tenant adjacent to named insured’s work under theory that it failed to procure its own separate […]