Case Successes

Dave Flynn, Dan Kirk and Matt Byrne of our Chicago office recently obtained summary judgment in favor of all defendants in Gerald Edwards v. City of Chicago et al., 04 L 9283. The plaintiff, a union pipefitter, claimed that he was severely injured while installing overhead pipe in Chicago’s City Hall.  Plaintiff alleged that the City and several contractors (all Querrey & Harrow clients) owed a duty to keep a safe workplace and violated that duty. Judge Marcia Maras granted summary judgment in favor of all defendants on all counts finding that the defendants did not owe the plaintiff a duty under common law or the Restatement (Second) of Torts 343 or 414 and that they did not violate any duty to the plaintiff.

Tom Burke and Larry Steingold of our Waukegan office obtained not guilty verdicts for two clients in automobile accident cases in one week in March.  Tom’s case involved a driver hitting a bicyclist and Larry’s case involved an intersection collision.  Both cases involved very serious injuries and high damage claims by the plaintiffs.  Coincidentally, both juries came back in favor of our clients after 3 hours of deliberations.

Christine McAsey of our Joliet office recently defended a driver involved in a rear-end accident in Will County, Illinois.  The Plaintiff claimed that complaints of neck, back, shoulder and headache pain were all related to the accident and treated with her family doctor, chiropractor, physical therapist, neurosurgeon, and finally an orthopedic surgeon.  Also, Plaintiff advanced a property damage claim for $5,000.  The Plaintiff asked the jury for $110,000, but Chris obtained a not guilty verdict.