Howard Trafman: Trial. Ovando v. Vita Food Products. February 2017. 

This spring, Kate Crouch earned summary judgment in the Circuit Court of Cook County, on behalf of a janitorial contractor sued by a slip and fall victim in the parking lot of a shopping mall. Plaintiff, who sustained significant injuries, slipped upon a large slick of motor oil near the […]

Attorney Katherine Crouch recently obtained summary judgment twice, on successive motions, in a Cook County case, extricating her janitorial services client from a multi-party lawsuit just a few months in advance of the trial date. The plaintiff fell on a broken drainage grate while at work, sustaining leg and wrist […]

Attorney Katherine Crouch recently obtained summary judgment in a premises liability case in Cook County. The Plaintiff was celebrating her bachelorette party at our client’s establishment. She slipped and fell on a spilled drink, landing on broken glass and resulting in a laceration to her wrist. She sustained a severed […]

Howard Trafman obtained a not liable defense verdict in favor of the defendant’s homeowner in a trip and fall over a metal track for a sliding door located between the defendant’s kitchen and family room.  Plaintiff tore his rotator cuff which required surgical repair.  The defense successfully contended the condition […]