Chris Pickett won an appeal affirming summary judgment. In Founders Ins. Co. v. Paldo, et al., 2014 IL (1st) 130756-U, the underlying plaintiff, Paldo, filed suit against Founders’ named insured, Nite & Day Entertainment, alleging that Nite & Day violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) by sending unsolicited junk […]

Chris Pickett: We defended a general contractor against a construction site injury case involving an HVAC employee who fell through a floor penetration.  Despite contracting to perform general contracting services, we argued that our client assigned these duties to a construction and property manager who ended up paying the majority […]

David Osborne: 2012 IL App (1st) 102877 (affirming dismissal of three wrongful death claims against Chicago charter school and Chicago School Board with prejudice on tort immunity grounds, rejecting constitutional challenges to statute)

Chris Pickett: A building owner and manager tendered the defense of an underlying construction injury claim with a multi-million dollar settlement demand.  We argued that the companies did not qualify as additional insureds because the insured’s contract only required these companies to be named as additional insured on a certificate […]

David Osborne: Cause No. 12 CH 39024 (Cir. Ct. of Cook Co., IL Mar. 10, 2014) (obtained summary judgment on behalf of London Market clients, finding no duty to defend or indemnify claims based upon real estate fraud and related claims under Title Agents Errors and Omissions policy)