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Tom Weiler and John Masters successfully defended four members of the DuPage County Tactical Narcotics Team (TNT) from federal Sec. 1983 claims of excessive force. In a four day trial before U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman, Tom and John represented two Lisle and two Woodridge police officers assigned to the TNT. Two of…
In a five-day jury trial, two suburban police officers were found not liable on a claim they used excessive force to take an apartment resident into custody following complaints of a loud party and fight in the parking lot. Tom Weiler and John Masters successfully defended the officers before Judge Charles Kocoras in federal court…
Tom Weiler and Theresa Bresnahan-Coleman successfully defended three River Forest Police officers against claims of use of excessive force made by a woman following her arrest. The case was tried before Judge Leinenweber in federal court in Chicago. The woman claimed that the officers beat her and stomped her after she was handcuffed. The jury…
Five police officers were found not liable on claims by a woman that they violated her constitutional rights. A west suburban woman claimed that the officers retaliated against her after she complained about the investigation of a sexual assault claim made by her daughter. The woman drove around town with a sign painted on her…
An Addison police officer was found not liable of using excessive force in taking an Addison woman into custody for failing to appear in court on a post-conviction proceeding for theft. In a case tried in federal court before Judge James Holderman, Tom Weiler successfully defended the officer against the woman’s claims. She contended that…
Tom Weiler was part of a team of lawyers who successfully defended five suburban supervisory police officers against claims of harassment and discrimination by a female probationary police officer. The plaintiff claimed that she was discriminated against when her employment as an officer was terminated before her probationary period ended. The case was tried in…
Steve Johnson and Chris Dunsing successfully defended an international lighting manufacturer sued for breach of warranty. Working quickly, Steve and Chris relied upon their knowledge of civil procedure and contract law to file a motion to dismiss a mult-count complaint against their client. After we obtained a dismissal with prejudice in the trial court, the…
John Langhenry and Melissa Gordon successfully defended a radiologist who was accused of failing to diagnose a hilar mass in 40-year-old male with no history of smoking in an x-ray taken in follow-up to an earlier diagnosis of pneumonia, for which a follow-up study should have been ordered. Several years later, the plaintiff was diagnosed…
Mohammed A. Nofal secured a defense decision in binding arbitration. At the close of the arbitration hearing, Plaintiff requested $600,000 from the arbitration panel. The arbitrators unanimously agreed with Mohammed’s assessment of the case and returned a decision in line with his position.
Troy Lundquist and Anastasia Hess defended and successfully tried to verdict a case on behalf of a pediatrician in Will County. The physician was alleged to have failed to timely diagnose and treat a pediatric patient who hade a streptococcal infection. The patient went on to develop rheumatic fever and underwent surgery for mitral valve…