- Handled and won appeal before the Illinois Supreme Court, in case where the plaintiff tried to avoid paying workers' compensation lien back to our client by apportioning much of the settlement to a loss of consortium claim. The Illinois Supreme Court agreed with our position, and issued a landmark decision establishing that any comparative negligence of an injured plaintiff is attributable to the consortium claim of the spouse, and that parties may not manipulate the percentages applicable to reduce the lien recovery of the employer. Blagg v. F.W.D, 143 Ill.2d 188 (Ill.1991).
- Handled and won appeal before the Illinois Appellate Second District, where the plaintiff, who was injured by an errant golf ball, sued the golfer who hit the errant shot. The Second District Appellate court ruled in our favor, holding that a golfer cannot be held liable for an errant golf stroke that causes injury to another due to the unforeseeable nature of the sport's mechanics. Heiden v. Cummings, 337 Ill.App.3d 583 (2nd Dist. 2003)
- Represented a third party defendant masonry contractor, which was closely held corporation essentially owned by plaintiff. The plaintiff sued the general contractor after falling from a scaffold he had constructed at a construction site, and suffering a burst L2 vertebra fracture requiring emergency multilevel fusion surgery. The case against our client was non suited during trial but prior to verdict; and the case proceeded to verdict against the general contractor, with the verdict in excess of $1.8 million. Grillo v. Yeager Const., 02 L 13736, tried May 2007 in Circuit Court of Cook County.
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