LPP attorneys Joe Postel and Haley Loutfy obtained a judgment on the pleadings for Acuity in a construction defect coverage case in federal court. Cornice & Rose International v. Acuity, no. 21 C 6112, 2022 WL 4481448 (N.D. Ill., September 27, 2022). The case involved a dispute about coverage for […]

LPP attorney Peter Syregelas recently won summary judgment in a case regarding insurance coverage under a series of Commercial General Liability (CGL) and Excess/Umbrella policies. Our client’s insured operated a series of grocery stores in Illinois and utilized a biometric handprint scanner for time tracking purposes. In a pair of […]

Chris Pickett and Howard Trafman recently won summary judgment in a case involving a stabbing death at a fast food restaurant. The plaintiff’s estate alleged that the decedent was a restaurant manager who was stabbed to death by one of the employees on the overnight shift. The plaintiff’s estate sued […]

On behalf of an insurer client, LPP attorneys David Osborne and Peter Syregelas obtained summary judgment in an insurance coverage case arising out of a lawsuit alleging violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Protection Act (BIPA). The underlying lawsuit involved a BIPA claim for the insured’s (a restaurant chain) use […]

An insurance company filed a property damage subrogation action against our client, a concrete subcontractor, seeking to recover payments it made on behalf of its insured as a result of damage caused to the heating system of a private home during an extensive landscaping/hardscaping project. Plaintiff’s insured was the general […]