03/12/2009
Client:
Defendant Manufacturer
Outcome:
Summary judgment in favor of defendant affirmed.
Plaintiff filed a strict liability and negligence complaint against the defendant manufacturer for workplace injuries allegedly sustained while plaintiff was using a printing press. The defendant moved for summary judgment ...
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02/01/2009
Client:
Defendant Automobile Manufacturer
Outcome:
Jury verdict for Plaintiff remanded, new trial ordered.
The Illinois Supreme Court issued a decision that establishes the necessity of instructing the jury on the elements of the “risk-utility” test relevant to the defense of a product’s design. ...
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03/31/2008
Client:
Defendant Automobile Manufacturer
Outcome:
Verdict Affirmed in favor of Defendant.
DBMS represented the defendant automobile manufacturer in the trial, in which plaintiffs claimed one severe injury and multiple deaths after their rented minivan experienced an early morning rollover on Interstate ...
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02/28/2008
Client:
Defendant Automobile Manufacturer
Outcome:
Defense Verdict.
Thomas Brady, 57, was a right front passenger in a rental car driven by co-worker, Mark Sears. They were stopped at a red light when a second vehicle rear-ended their ...
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11/01/2006
Client:
Defendant Automobile Manufacturer
Outcome:
Defense Verdict.
The plaintiff was traveling southbound on Route 51 in central Wisconsin in his vehicle, at which time he was allegedly exposed to an unreasonably dangerous level of carbon monoxide. The ...
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10/01/2006
Client:
Defendant Automobile Manufacturer
Outcome:
Directed Verdict.
The plaintiff was traveling northbound on I-94 when a wheel separated from his vehicle, bounced over the concrete median and crashed through the plaintiff’s windshield. The plaintiff suffered two broken ...
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05/01/2006
Client:
Defendant Automobile Manufacturer
Outcome:
Defense Verdict.
An 18-year-old driver was killed, and her 19-year-old female passenger was seriously injured when they were involved in a single-vehicle rollover accident on Interstate 55 in Grundy County, Illinois. Plaintiffs ...
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10/01/2005
Client:
Defendant Automobile Manufacturer
Outcome:
Defense Verdict.
The plaintiff was injured when a squad car driven by a police officer struck her vehicle. The police officer claimed that the brakes in the squad car failed just prior ...
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09/01/2005
Client:
Defendant Automobile Manufacturer
Outcome:
Defense Verdict.
Plaintiff, State Farm, brought this subrogation action against the defendant automobile manufacturer after a vehicle owned by State Farm’s insured caught fire in December 1996. The vehicle sustained heavy damage ...
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