Chris Pickett: We successfully argued that an additional insured endorsement providing coverage when the “insured and such person have agreed in writing” did not apply unless there was a direct contract between the named insured and the putative additional insured.

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 […]

In Attorneys’ Fees and Interest Attorney Chris Pickett won summary judgment on behalf of his client, Dr. John Kelsey, arguing that Dr. Kelsey’s former attorneys, the law firm of Weldon-Linne & Vogt (WLV), were barred from seeking attorneys’ fees under the doctrine of res judicata. WLV represented Dr. Kelsey as […]

Chris Pickett: After two years and eight motions to compel, our opponent was found to have withheld documents without any good-faith basis, ordered to pay our attorneys’ fees as a sanction, and held in contempt of court.

In the Western District of Wisconsin, Kate Crouch obtained defense verdict on behalf of correctional care nurse charged with deliberate indifference to the medical needs of a pretrial detainee who allegedly suffered fatal seizures as result of withdrawal from benzodiazepines. Case brought under 42 U.S.C. §1983, alleging violations of Fourteenth […]