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Robert Chemers, a Senior Equity Partner, won summary judgment in federal district court for an insurer client that the lead poisoning exclusion in a Dwelling Liability policy issued to apartment building owners precluded a duty to defend and indemnify the owners who were sued by the tenant for damages for lead poisoning caused to the …

We are proud to announce that Michael Barry and Jennifer Sutterer secured a not guilty verdict on behalf of a urologist, medical group, and Chicagoland hospital in a complex medical malpractice trial in Cook County.  The plaintiff alleged that a prostate cancer treatment known as brachytherapy was contraindicated due to an undiagnosed neurogenic bladder and …

On March 10, 2026, Pretzel & Stouffer attorneys Ed Ruff and Kimberly Flanigan obtained a defense verdict in favor of the firm’s clients, a vascular surgeon and vascular surgery group, in a case tried before the Honorable Mary Minella in the Circuit Court of Cook County.   The plaintiff alleged that the vascular surgeon performed …

The trial team of Sommer Luzynczyk and Brian Henry secured a defense verdict on behalf of their client, an OB/GYN, in a wrongful death case. The jury trial was held before Judge Thomas Lyons in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. The patient, a 56 year old woman, underwent a laparoscopic hysterectomy. Three days …