Chris Pickett: The plaintiff alleged that our client’s work on a neighboring driveway resulted in property damage and bodily injury, including diabetes due to increased anxiety, stress, and inhalation of debris. The plaintiff sought damages of over $150,000. After a three-day trial, the jury returned a not guilty verdict in […]

Attorney Bill Lindsay won summary judgment in this property damage subrogation case wherein the plaintiffs sought to recover over $920,000.00 from our client, J.W. McGuire. The plaintiffs alleged that J.W. McGuire engaged in unsafe work practices while performing concrete renovation on the exterior of the Horizon House Condominium Building. They […]

Chris Pickett: Our client’s insured operated a tavern and allegedly returned car keys to an intoxicated man that drove off and caused a serious automobile accident, causing several serious injuries and a fatality. We obtained summary judgment by arguing that there was no occurrence on the insured premises, as required […]

Kate Crouch obtained a defense verdict in favor of a subcontractor following a two-week trial in Cook County in a construction injury case involving a career-ending injury to a journeyman carpenter.  Plaintiff asked for almost $7 million in compensation for medical specials, lost past and future wages, pain and suffering, […]

Chris Pickett: After our client was target-tendered by a general contractor, our client assumed the defense and indemnify of the general contractor in exchange for an assignment of rights against another CGL carrier. Having paid over $400,000 in defense and indemnity payments, our client sued the defendant CGL carrier under […]