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 […]

Attorneys David Osborne and Chris Pickett won an appeal clearing the path for their client to recover nearly $500,000 in defense fees and indemnity payments from the defendant carrier.  After a construction site accident in 2006, general contractor Alden Bennett Construction Company tendered its defense and indemnity to two different […]

Chris Pickett won an appeal affirming summary judgment. In Founders Ins. Co. v. Paldo, et al., 2014 IL (1st) 130756-U, the underlying plaintiff, Paldo, filed suit against Founders’ named insured, Nite & Day Entertainment, alleging that Nite & Day violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) by sending unsolicited junk […]

Chris Pickett: We defended a general contractor against a construction site injury case involving an HVAC employee who fell through a floor penetration.  Despite contracting to perform general contracting services, we argued that our client assigned these duties to a construction and property manager who ended up paying the majority […]

David Osborne: 2012 IL App (1st) 102877 (affirming dismissal of three wrongful death claims against Chicago charter school and Chicago School Board with prejudice on tort immunity grounds, rejecting constitutional challenges to statute)