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NEW EDITION OF LEF CASE NOTES & COMMENTS!!!!! Read up on new seatbelt law in Indiana, which will affect motor vehicle liability. Illinois appellate court also clarifies use of circumstantial evidence in premises liability case.

Extra, extra! Hot off the press! Insurance law updates related to Illinois' biometric privacy law (BIPA), policy appraisal, workers' compensation and governmental tort immunity. https://lnkd.in/gtmXW4P3

LEF SUCCESSFULLY OBTAINS A DIRECTED VERDICT FOR A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM CONTRACTOR Congratulations to David Walters who recently obtained a directed verdict on behalf of a fire alarm system contractor that was retained to install the low voltage fire alarm system during the construction of the franchised location of a national hotel chain. After the franchise owner failed to pay LEF’s client for its completed work, the contractor sued the franchise owner for breach of contract. In turn, the franchise owner filed a counterclaim, alleging that LEF’s client delayed in the performance of its work and failed to complete the installation of the fire alarm system in a workmanlike manner. The franchise owner further alleged that the client’s work resulted in delays in the overall completion of project as a whole, purportedly causing the franchise owner to realize more than $1,000,000.00 in lost profit and other damages. Given the directed verdict, David clearly demonstrated that the evidence overwhelming established that the client’s work was properly and timely performed and that the franchise owner had breached the contract by failing to pay the client for work it performed. LEF and its client are extremely pleased with this favorable result. https://lnkd.in/ghk5qSzu

CONGRATULATIONS TO CATE O'CONNELL, WHO OBTAINED DIRECTED VERDICT FOLLOWING TWO-WEEK TRIAL! Catherine O’Connell recently obtained a directed verdict for her client, a painting subcontractor, following a two week-long trial. The Plaintiff fell from a single-level baker scaffold while working as a painter on the jobsite and sued the general contractor, alleging that the general contractor failed to provide sufficient fall protection. In turn, the general contractor filed a third-party claim for contribution against the Plaintiff’s employer, a painting subcontractor. Prior to trial, Plaintiff demanded over $3 million. Following the close of both Plaintiff and Defendant cases, Catherine moved for a directed verdict, arguing that there was no evidence to support the contribution claim against her client, the painting subcontractor. The court agreed and prior to the case being submitted to the jury, entered a directed verdict in favor of the painting subcontractor.

The first batch of Illinois cases from 2024 involve the enforceability of the Chicago Cubs contract / arbitration provisions, UIM coverages, workers compensation updates and much, much more!!!! https://lnkd.in/gZynxRpq

ROBERT OSTOJIC NAMED 2024 ILLINOIS SUPER LAWYER. Leahy, Eisenberg & Fraenkel is pleased to announce that once again, Robert Ostojic, Chairman of the Firm's Large Loss Subrogation Department, has been included on the 2024 Illinois Super Lawyers® list. For more than a decade, Robert has been repeatedly selected as one of Illinois’ Super Lawyers (2012 - 2024). Super Lawyers® is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Super Lawyers® selects attorneys using a rigorous, multiphase rating process. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with third party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis. Congratulations to Robert and all of the attorneys named to a 2024 Super Lawyers list. https://lnkd.in/gVNuhm4n

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