Representative Cases

• Felber v. London:  In an auto negligence case, affirmed allowance of defendant’s cross-examination on issue of plaintiff’s prior neck injuries without requirement of defendant’s expert medical testimony
• Verbance v. Altman:  In a medical negligence case, affirmed allowance of causation testimony from two treating physicians, neither of whom testified to a breach in the standard of care
• Sunderland v. Portes:  In a medical negligence case which involved birth injuries, affirmed the plaintiff minors to vacate a prior summary judgment in favor of the defendant doctor
• Wiegman v. Hitch-Inn Post:  In a slip and fallnegligence case, affirmed in allowing case to go to jury on strong circumstantial evidence of wet floors and stairs in motel swimming pool and recreational areas
• Benitez v. KFC National Management Co.:  In issues of first impression, affirmed in entering judgment for three plaintiff-waitresses regarding defendants’ spying activities of plaintiffs while using the KFC employee restroom facilities and not preempted by the Illinois Human Rights Act or the Workers’ Compensation Act

• Nowak v. Coghill:  Affirmed summary judgment finding no evidence of unnatural accumulation of snow, nor of such accumulation as a proximate cause of plaintiff’s fall and injuries
• Gantz v. McHenry County Sheriff:  Affirmed dismissal of plaintiff’s complaint on essential grounds of courts lack of subject matter jurisdiction via the preemption of collective bargaining issues under the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act
• Koules v. Euro-American Arbitrage, Inc.:  Affirmed grant of defendant’s motion for summary judgment against plaintiff’s employment contract claims of payment of guaranteed salary and vacation benefits
• Lenz v. Julian:  Affirmed in allowing the jury to decide plaintiff’s automobile negligence claims against a state trooper although the defendant claimed bars of sovereign immunity and public official immunity