October 25, 2021
Client:
Auto Manufacturer
Outcome:
Defense Verdict.
Edward E. Fu successfully defended an auto manufacturer in a breach of warranty trial in Lake County, Illinois. The Plaintiff alleged that the Defendant breached the express and implied warranties ...
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Client:
Defendant Multiple Law Firms
Outcome:
Obtained summary judgment.
DBMS successfully defended multiple law firms against plaintiff’s lawsuit seeking more than $1 billion dollars in damages based on copyright infringement, breach of contract and legal malpractice claims. Obtained summary ...
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Client:
Defendant Automobile Dealership
Outcome:
Summary judgment granted in favor of client.
On December 2, 2011, DBMS obtained summary judgment on all counts in favor of the firm’s client, an automobile dealership, in an action alleging violations of the Illinois Consumer Fraud ...
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Client:
Defendant Truck Manufacturer
Outcome:
Summary Judgment Granted in Favor of Defendant.
The plaintiff claimed breach of an employment contract and a right of first refusal to purchase a leading truck manufacturer’s dealership should the dealership ever be sold to a third-party. ...
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Client:
Defendant Corporation
Outcome:
Verdict for the Defense.
J. Kent Mathewson represented the defendant against allegations of unfair competition in the food industry. The matter began as a jury trial before Judge Richard Posner, sitting by designation in ...
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Client:
Defendant Oil Change Franchise
Outcome:
Defense Verdict.
On December 16, 2005, DBMS received a defense verdict for the firm’s client, an oil change franchise, in Cook County, Illinois. On July 25, 2000, plaintiff was working as a ...
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Client:
BASF
Outcome:
Verdict for the Plaintiff.
DBMS represented the plaintiff in a claim for damages for violations of the Lanham Act and for breach of contract. The case was tried as a bench trial before Judge ...
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Client:
Defendant Housing Authority
Outcome:
Defense Verdict (Bench Trial).
Plaintiff was working inside a high voltage vault on the defendant housing authority’s property. Plaintiff claimed that a rat inside the vault caused an arc flashover that resulted in an ...
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Client:
Defendant Floor Covering Distributor
Outcome:
$24 million contribution verdict in favor of the firm’s client.
This case arose from the much-publicized 1996 accident on Interstate 94 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that took the lives of six children of the Reverend Duane Scott Willis and his wife ...
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