Personal Injury Settlements
The Firm has recovered approximately $300,000 for personal injury clients during the month of June. Cases include an elderly woman struck as a pedestrian and two auto accident cases where our clients were involved in crashes on Interstate 88.
Business Litigation Results
The Firm won an appeal on behalf of a national auditing company. The appellate court upheld the significant summary judgment ruling entered in DuPage County. In affirming the order, the Second District held that our position as to the hotly contested municipal contract were correct, and our client was entitled to the relief sought.
The Firm was successful in obtaining a dismissal of a claim against our client, an international publishing company. After previously winning on a similar motion, this time the dismissal was “with prejudice”.
The Firm was successful in obtaining a very favorable result in defending class action litigation in Cook County. The case, which involved multiple jurisdictions and numerous related lawsuits was concluded this past month on terms very favorable to our client.
The firm completed $51 Million in M&A deals including national and franchise sales.
The Firm obtained a dismissal with prejudice on behalf of a client wrongfully sued in Illinois by a well-known national motivational speaker. The circuit court agreed with our motions that our clients were not subject to Illinois jurisdiction, resulting in a dismissal of the claims against them.
Welcome New Law Clerk, Katy Ebbesen
We are excited to welcome Katy Ebbesen to the firm as our new law clerk. Katy is currently in her 3rd and final year at Northern Illinois University College of Law where she is at the top of her class. She will be working with our Commercial Litigation and Business Law Department. Katy comes to us with extensive paralegal experience and we believe she will be a big asset to the firm.
Environmental Contamination Case Against Ford
The Firm continues to pursue Ford on behalf a group of Michigan residents whose neighborhood has been contaminated by groundwater contamination from a nearby Ford manufacturing plant. The case is scheduled for trial in September. Recent media coverage of the case can be found in the following links.
https://www.facebook.com/wxyzdetroit/videos/2323847161267344
https://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/local/livonia/2019/06/20/livonia-residents-still-seeking-help-ford-polluted-groundwater/1510047001/https://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/local/livonia/2019/06/20/livonia-residents-still-seeking-help-ford-polluted-groundwater/1510047001/
http://fordauthority.com/2019/06/livonia-residents-frustrated-with-ford-pollution-testing/
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