Cases
Representative Matters: Abbott v. Maplan/Starlinger
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Obtained summary judgment on behalf of German manufacturer in a product liability lawsuit brought by a machine operator who had his h
amputated in an injection molding machine. Summary judgment was granted for defendant based on modifications made to the machine by plaintiff's employer.
Binder v. Heidelberg North America
Circuit Court of DuPage County, Ill.
Obtained dismissal, without payment, of design defect lawsuit against a printing press manufacturer. Plaintiff, a pressman, lost a foot while cleaning the press.
Br
on v. Diversey Corporation
Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill.
Negotiated favorable settlement on behalf of defendant, a national supplier of industrial wash formulas, in a wrongful death lawsuit. Case arose out of an explosion of an industrial washing machine during laundering of flammable printer's towels, resulting in death of an employee.
Burton v. Yellow/A.W. Chesterton
Circuit Court of Madison County, Ill.
Obtained dismissal, without payment, of wrongful death lawsuit against trucking company client alleging asbestos exposure on defendant's premises.
CBS Broadcasting v. Fogarty
Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill.: Obtained summary judgment on liability
damages on behalf of plaintiff television station in lawsuit to recover more than $1.8 million in funds embezzled by station employee.
Colfax Envelope v. Detterbeck
Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill.
Achieved favorable settlement on behalf of plaintiff in accounting malpractice lawsuit. Case arose out of the discovery during annual audits of employee embezzlement of nearly $1 million.
Country Classic Dairies v. Alfa Laval / Tetra Pak
U.S. District Court, District of Montana
Obtained favorable settlement on behalf of defendant, a milk processor manufacturer
distributor, in a product liability lawsuit involving a pasteurizing heat exchanger
the loss of 95, 000 gallons of contaminated milk.
Fears v. Yellow Freight
Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill.
Obtained jury verdict for defendant trucking company
its driver in lawsuit arising from truck-automobile accident. 19-year-old plaintiff, a passenger in a vehicle that attempted to pass defendants' truck on the right at a merge point of two travel lanes, sustained a traumatic axonal brain injury, 8-month coma, multiple fractures, internal injuries, quadriparesis, severe cognitive deficits, confinement to a wheelchair,
required 24-hour care. Plaintiff's last settlement dem
was $8, 000, 000. Plaintiff asked the jury for $40, 000, 000 in damages.
Hua v. Quest Laboratories
Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill.
Represented a diagnostic testing laboratory in a wrongful discharge lawsuit brought by a United Airlines flight attendant. Plaintiff alleged that Quest falsely reported drug use, resulting in her termination.
Sanchez v. Dedicated Transport, Inc.
Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill.
Successfully resolved lawsuit against trucking company client involving a truck-automobile accident. Plaintiff was an eight-year-old who claimed post-traumatic stress disorder
severe emotional distress following impact with defendant's tanker truck. The jury awarded damages to the plaintiff, but the award was reduced to zero following a motion for remittitur.
Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp. v. The Shaw Group, Inc.
Stone & Webster, Inc.
U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois, Rock Isl
Division
Won summary judgment for Siemens, defeating $7 million claim for liquidated damages based on the alleged delay in delivering a turbine to a power plant in Cordova, Ill.
Bangaly v. Bagglani/Roadway Express
Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill.
Successfully vacated $4.25 million jury verdict
obtained dismissal of wrongful death case on behalf of defendant trucking company where plaintiffs were found in post-judgment proceedings to have procured the verdict by fraud.
City of Chicago v. Murphy Jahn
Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill.
Obtained dismissal of breach of contract
negligent representation claims against structural engineering firm Werner Sobek, which was engaged by the City of Chicago to develop structural steel plans
specifications for the renovation of the domestic terminals at O'Hare Airport. The City sought several million dollars in damages from the defendant for full scale remediation of faulty welds.
