Attorney Joe Postel won summary judgment for the Illinois Municipal League Risk Management Association (“the Association”) in a coverage dispute involving the absolute pollution exclusion. Sauk Village was a member of the Association’s self-insurance risk pool for Illinois municipalities between 2005 and 2010. During that time, according to a complaint filed […]

Attorneys Bill Lindsay and Chris Pickett won summary judgment for their client after learning that plaintiff failed to disclose his tort claim when he filed for bankruptcy. The plaintiff worked for the US Post Office and filed a lawsuit in 2013 claiming that he fell through our client’s pre-cast concrete […]

Attorney Joseph Postel recently won summary judgment for Acuity after the court declared that Acuity had no duty to defend the insured tire shop and its officers in a personal injury suit. A customer of the shop alleged that he was bitten by a dog while at the business. Acuity […]

Attorney David Osborne recently prevailed in an appeal arising out of a quite colorful defamation lawsuit in Cook County, stemming from the 2013 Elmwood Park election. The Plaintiff, Joseph Ponzio, was the unsuccessful candidate for Village President. Our client, a political consultant, created and distributed a campaign brochure shortly before […]

Joe Postel: Hartford Cas. Ins. Co. v. Construction Builders In Motion, Inc., 966 F.Supp.2d 777 (N.D. Ill. 2013)