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A general contractor performing a complete remodel of a luxury penthouse condominium on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago retained Steve Johnson when the property owner improperly terminated the general contractor from the job site and alleged the firm’s client was responsible for hundreds of thousands of dollars in water damage to the project under construction…
William Weiler successfully defended an engineering company who had been hired by the Illinois Department of Transportation to design improvements to an interstate highway. During construction, a flagger was struck and killed by a driver who had entered the construction zone. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the engineering company, holding that…
John G. Langhenry III and Melissa J. Gordon successfully defended the appeal of a 2008 trial verdict in their client’s favor. The plaintiffs alleged medical negligence in relation to the treatment of an infection following heart surgery. The Appellate Court affirmed Trial Court rulings received by the defense on eight separate issues. The significant rulings…
Troy Lundquist and Anastasia Hess with assistance of Michael Radak successfully tried and defended a township where the allegations involved improper placement of signage. The Plaintiffs were a motorcycle driver and his passenger. The Plaintiff driver alleged a paralysis injury, and the passenger sustained a lower leg de-gloving injury. The Plaintiffs asked for in excess…
The jury returned a verdict in favor of Bill Weiler’s client, an anesthesiologist, in a medical malpractice trial in CookCounty. The plaintiff had alleged that he suffered a brain injury after he aspirated during surgery, in part, he claimed, because Mr. Weiler’s client failed to use proper technique during the induction of anesthesia. However, the…
Plaintiff, a 60 year old truck driver, sued after tripping over a broken section of a fuel pump island at a filling station. Plaintiff had approximately $75,000 in medical bills and significant lost wages. Plaintiff’s demand was $3 million and defendants collectively offered $750,000 to settle prior to trial, which was rejected. Plaintiff asked for…
A Cook County jury found in favor of Bill Weiler’s client, an automobile manufacturer, in a trial regarding whether the manufacturer breached the vehicle’s warranty. The plaintiff had claimed that there were numerous defects in his car that were not properly repaired. Mr. Weiler was able to effectively explain to the jury that, although the…
Troy Lundquist successfully tried and defended a trip and fall claim that involved a sixty year old man who alleged that he tripped and fell over a piece of metal jutting up from a fuel pump. Despite the condition being open and obvious, Plaintiff contended that he had to encounter the condition in order to…
A DuPage County jury found in favor of Bill Weiler’s client, an automobile manufacturer, in a case in which the plaintiff alleged that her vehicle’s engine was defective. Mr. Weiler was able to explain to the jury that there was actually nothing wrong with the plaintiff’s vehicle and the engine did not need to be…
The case involved alleged soil contamination due to leakage of underground storage tanks. Troy Lundquist and Anastasia Hess filed a Motion to Dismiss on behalf of the DefendantTownship, and the trial court granted the Motion.