Peter Syregelas recently obtained a summary judgment on behalf of the firm’s liability carrier client finding no duty to defend or indemnify a company accused of violating Illinois’s Biometric Information Protection Act (BIPA) when it required its employees to use a hand-scanning device to clock in and out of work. […]

Congratulations are in order for the trial team of Howard Trafman and Steve Schuetz, who recently earned a highly defense-friendly verdict in Cook County on a difficult construction site injury case involving a career-ending injury to a young tradesman.  A lower verdict than the defense’s last offer always counts as […]

Peter Syregelas recently obtained judgment in favor of our insurer client in the Southern District of Illinois.  In that case, Peter argued that there was no coverage for a claim of retaliatory discharge and violations of the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act under a Commercial Liability Insurance Policy, after […]

Kate Crouch recently obtained summary judgment in Cook County on behalf of a property owner and property manager in a case stemming from an alleged slip and fall in a strip mall parking lot.  Plaintiff alleged that the parking lot was negligently maintained and exhibited cracking and other defects.  Plaintiff […]

In the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court, David Osborne successfully defended against an appeal taken by Plaintiff after summary judgment was granted in favor of our client in a Cook County wrongful death case.  In the lower court, LPP Partner Howard Trafman successfully argued that the insureds were […]