The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed the decision of the Oregon Federal District Court, dismissing with prejudice a Chinese insurance company for forum non conveniens in a high-stakes insurance coverage action...

The firm recently welcomed an in-house attorney from Liebherr-International Germany, Sebastian Koenig, for a two-week internship at our Chicago offices...

The Superior Court of Riverside County, California dismissed plaintiff's lawsuit against the firm's client, a German manufacturer of liftgates...

Ed Siegert and Tara O'Mahoney secured a dismissal of a Barbados manufacturer based upon a lack of personal jurisdiction in Illinois...

Plaintiffs brought suit against multiple Defendants, including a European logistics company for claimed damage to a shipment of medicinal products...

Joshua D. Yeager and Jennifer M. Lee successfully obtained the dismissal of a Chinese client based on lack of personal jurisdiction and on improper service of process in a property damage case in Delaware...

After obtaining a no liability verdict in Federal Court for a national retail store and having the verdict affirmed by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, Plaintiff appealed the verdict to the United States Supreme Court...

Jonathon Ibarra wrote an article in the areas of corporate and employment law on Illinois' 2022 amendments to non-compete and non-solicit agreements...

Cremer Law, LLC is pleased to announce the promotion of Jennifer M. Lee to Partner...

In October 2021, John Lynch represented a 501(c)3 entity that provides winterization services to low-income residents of a multicounty area...

In the Spring of 2020, the plaintiff filed an action in Texas for a temporary restraining order to prevent an auction of some of John's client's assets arising out of an assignment for the benefit of creditors...

John Lynch and Jonathon Ibarra represented a local entertainment venue sued under theories of negligence, assault, battery, false imprisonment, and willful and wanton conduct related to alleged misconduct by its security staff...

Over the past few months we've survived.....

The firm proudly congratulates our partner, Thomas Pender, on receiving the Award for Excellence in Pro Bono and Public Interest Service for 2021 from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association...

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently dismissed a plaintiff's claims against the firm's client, a German manufacturer of injection molding machines...

Kanav Bhatheja represented a national home improvement retail chain in a lawsuit where the Plaintiff alleged the retail chain failed to properly secure large merchandise from falling on his leg/foot...

Kanav Bhatheja recently obtained summary judgment for a national retail chain in the United States Court for the Northern District of Illinois...

Joshua D. Yeager and Jennifer M. Lee successfully obtained the dismissal of two clients based on lack of personal jurisdiction in a high-stakes products liability case in Texas...

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida recently granted the motion to quash service of process and to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction filed by Joshua D. Yeager and Tara C. O'Mahoney on behalf of the firm's client, a German manufacturer of material handling machines...

In this action, the plaintiff alleged that while shopping at a retail store, a shelf fell striking her left foot and causing her significant injury...

In 2015, John's client was sued by his partner and family member under theories of breach of fiduciary duty, undue influence, unjust enrichment, fraud, rescission, breach of contract and accounting after several businesses they owned and operated were dissolved or the plaintiff withdrew his interest from those entities...

John Lynch and Jon Ibarra represent a hardware store sued in Piatt County, Illinois by a plaintiff who suffered serious injuries during an unloading incident...

John's client, a security company, was accused of retaliatory discharge after having terminated a former employee for engaging in union activity...

Kanav Bhatheja recently obtained a no liability verdict in a three-day trial that took place in the United States Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Kanav represented a national home improvement retail chain in this lawsuit where the Plaintiff alleged the retail chain failed to properly secure large merchandise from falling on his leg/foot. The Plaintiff alleged that his foot was permanently damaged as a result of the accident...

The United State District Court for the District of Massachusetts recently granted the motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction that Bill Cremer and Tom Pender filed on behalf of the firm's client, a Swiss manufacturer of air purifiers and other household appliances...

John Lynch and Jon Ibarra secured summary judgment for their client, a children's museum, in a premises liability case in which the plaintiff claimed severe personal injuries when she allegedly slipped and fell in the museum...

John Lynch secured summary judgment for his client, a trucking company, in a case in which the plaintiff sustained multiple injuries when a bundle of conduit fell onto him from a load he had delivered as it was being unloaded...

The United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire recently granted the motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction that Tom Pender and Bill Cremer filed on behalf of the firm's client, a Canadian manufacturer of shower valves for high-end plumbing fixtures...

Tom Pender and Bill Cremer have successfully convinced three levels of Illinois courts to dismiss their Chinese manufacturing client from a catastrophic vehicle rollover based upon personal jurisdiction...

Joshua D. Yeager and Kanav Bhatheja recently obtained two federal trademark registrations from the United States Patent and Trademark Office on behalf of their national cosmetic client...

Gary Jansen Obtains Not Guilty Verdict at Trial for Home Improvement Store Gary Jansen, assisted by Laura Fahey, tried a premises liability case, resulting in a verdict in favor of the defendant home improvement store...

Gary Jansen and Laura Fahey successfully obtained summary judgment in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, in favor of a home improvement store, based upon natural accumulation doctrine...

Gary Jansen and Laura Fahey successfully obtained summary judgment in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois favor of a home improvement store, based on the open and obvious doctrine...

Gary Jansen and Laura Fahey successfully obtained summary judgment in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, favor of a home improvement store, based on the open and obvious doctrine...

Mr. Jansen obtained an affirmation from the Illinois Appellate Court of the dismissal of a complaint brought against an attorney...

William J. Cremer, Thomas R. Pender, and Jennifer M. Lee successfully obtained the dismissal of a Chinese product manufacturer and its parent holding company based on lack of personal jurisdiction in a high-stakes, multi-million dollar products liability case...

John P. Lynch obtained a dismissal in a federal court employment action on behalf of his client, who was alleged to have terminated the plaintiff in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act...

John P. Lynch secured summary judgment for his client, a retail store, in a case in which the plaintiff sustained injuries to her foot when a shelf fell from the wall and struck her...

John P. Lynch secured a summary judgment for his client – owners and operators of a fast food restaurant – in a case in which the plaintiff allegedly sustained significant injuries when her hand was caught between the back of a swivel chair and a wall...

In April 2016, William J. Cremer and Tan-Jen Hsu delivered a presentation to Zurich Insurance in Shanghai, China...

Plaintiff, an insurance company, filed a subrogation claim alleging negligent design and manufacture of a sophisticated food processing machine manufactured by our client Buhler Barth GmbH...

Tom Pender secured a successful defense verdict at trial on behalf of a Texas natural gas pipe distributor of Georg Fischer Central Plastics products...

Tom Pender has secured a dismissal with prejudice of a massive statewide class action filed by Illinois physicians against the firm's client, a top U.S. insurance organization. The class action was filed in the perennial "Judicial Hellhole" - Madison County, Illinois, and the dismissal order brings to an end ten years of litigation, including six appeals...

Tom Pender and Jennifer Lee recently won dismissal of two lawsuits filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County by airline passengers who alleged that they were injured at O'Hare International Airport...

After being terminated for poor performance during the construction of a school building and a field house, the general contractor filed a mechanic’s lien for more than $500,000 against the property which was owned by the operators of a private school...

Bill Cremer, Ed Siegert and John Lynch have again been named as Illinois Super Lawyers for 2015 in the areas of product liability, construction and commercial litigation...

The plaintiff, an employee of a commercial tenant, fell after allegedly slipping on a puddle of water in an office kitchenette...

The plaintiff, an electrician, fell 15 feet from a school district ladder during the course of a construction project...

John Lynch and Neil Pandey successfully defended their client, a national manufacturing company, by securing dismissal of a complaint seeking more than $100,000 in damages...

Neil Pandey focuses his practice on the defense of construction, commercial and general tort matters and insurance coverage litigation...

John Lynch and Garrett Carter obtained a six figure award in favor of their client in a commercial arbitration case before the American Arbitration Association...

John Lynch obtained a not guilty verdict on breach of contract claims litigated in a two-day arbitration before the American Arbitration Association...

John Lynch obtained a summary judgment on the negligence and breach of contract claims filed in a wrongful death action in Cook County...

John P. Lynch, Jr. has been invited by DePaul University College of Law Dean Greg Mark to participate in a focus group of selected alumni to advise the law school as to how it might better serve recent College of Law alumni...

On September 24, 2013 John Lynch successfully defended an excavation contractor foreman in a case involving an alleged assault during the construction of a Wal-Mart in Kankakee, Illinois...

After a trial which lasted 28 days, Chip Spina obtained a decision in favor of the firm’s client Illinois Emcasco Insurance Company and against Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, which will result in entry of a multi-million judgment in Emcasco’s favor...

Bill Cremer's 1992 Yates v. Chicago National League Ball Club case now a law school research project with Miami University Law School...

A general contractor tendered its defense and indemnity to a subcontractor's insurer claiming it was an additional insured on its policy...

Bill Cremer and Josh Yeager have been invited to give a presentation by the Spanish based hotel chain Occidental Hotels and Resorts...

John Lynch represented the defendant in a class action brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act for an alleged violation of the Act’s prohibition against distribution of advertisements for the sales of goods or services by way of facsimile...

An insured was sued in a trademark action based on allegations that the insured was infringing the service marks used by a national auto products retailer...

Cremer Spina partners Bill Cremer and Josh Yeager have been retained to defend a Kansas based manufacturer of air conditioning refrigerant sued by victims of a tragic bus fire in Panama City, Panama in 2006...

Bill Cremer was invited to attend the FERMA symposium in Prague in October. FERMA is the Federation of European Risk Managers Associations...

John Lynch filed suit in DuPage County on behalf of a contractor to recover approximately $300,000 for remodeling work performed on a suburban couple's home...

Tom Pender and Bill Cremer just recently obtained a dismissal of their client, a Swiss medical prosthesis manufacturer from a personal injury action pending in Utah based on lack of personal jurisdiction...

Ed Siegert successfully argued that the Courts of Illinois lacked jurisdiction over his client, an Italian logistics company sued in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois...

The sitting sheriff of DuPage County, John Zaruba, filed a defamation action against a former primary opponent, Tim Connell, and the Daily Herald arising out of a flyer that appeared in the paper the day before the election...

John has been active in the IDC, the voice of the defense bar in Illinois, for over 15 years as has served on the board since 2002...

An insured was sued in a personal injury action involving the use of a forklift on the insured's premises. The insured tendered its defense to the carrier of the company that employed the injured plaintiff...

Ed Siegert obtained summary judgment in favor of a gasoline distributor in a wrongful death case filed in Will County..

We want to welcome Jeanne Zeiger who recently joined the firm as a senior counsel. Jeanne's practice is concentrated on insurance coverage litigation and appellate practice...

Bill Cremer will be the featured speaker at a presentation given to international brokers Marsh Mexico and their hotel customers on methods to reduce exposure to U.S. claims and lawsuits...

John Lynch represented a rubber mill manufacturer sued by a woman who caught her dominant hand in the nip point of the mill...

We want to welcome Tim Hoerman back to Cremer Spina. Tim is returning to the firm as a Senior Counsel...

John Lynch represents a provider of prepaid wireless voice and data services to consumers...

Cremer Spina co-sponsored the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel's participation in the 17th Annual Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation's Race Judicata...

John Lynch represented a general contractor in what began as a simple contract dispute after project owners chose not to proceed with the construction of a building...

Cremer Spina proudly served as a participating sponsor for the 2010 Grocer's Insurance/Argo Select Charity Golf Tournament held in West Linn, Oregon on July 26, 2010, benefiting Portland, Oregon's Community Transitional School...

The Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District, affirmed the summary judgment obtained by Ed Siegert in favor of a gasoline distributor in a wrongful death case arising out of alleged exposure to benzene in gasoline...

Cremer Spina proudly served as a participating sponsor of the 2010 MACC Fund Golf Outing held on August 16, 2010 in West Bend, Wisconsin...

On October 14, 2010, the Honorable Morton Denlow, Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois..

John Lynch represented a general contractor sued by a carpenter who fell at a Chicago condominium construction project on the near west side...

John Lynch represents a manufacturer that was assigned rights under various contracts and loan agreements during the course of its relationship with one of its suppliers...

Cremer Spina had represented the grocery store in an underlying personal injury suit, in which it was alleged that the plaintiff died from injuries sustained in the store's parking lot...

Tom Pender and Bill Cremer obtained dismissal of all counts in a case involving a multi-million dollar estate filed in federal court in Los Angeles against a Swiss lawyer and his law firm...

The new volume was published on May 12, 2011. Tom has been writing about Wrongful Death and Survival Act issues for IICLE since 1993..

On November 29, 2010, DRI member, John P. Lynch, Jr., of Cremer, Spina, Shaughnessy, Jansen & Siegert, LLC in Chicago obtained a not guilty verdict for a general contractor from a jury in Cook County, Illinois...

Mr. Jansen represented a manlift service company in a wrongful death case arising out of a fall from a manlift at Midwest Generation...

Mr. Jansen represented an attorney in a legal malpractice suit. Mr. Jansen filed a Motion to Dismiss pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/2-619 and argued that the action was untimely...

Mr. Jansen represented a tavern in a wrongful death dram shop case filed in Indiana...

On November 11, 2011 Cremer Spina moved offices. We are now located at One N. Franklin, 10th Floor in Chicago...

Tom Pender has successfully defended a class action suit against EMC Insurance...

Two entities associated with an athletic training company, as well as an athletic trainer, sought defense and indemnity from an insurance carrier as additional insureds on a policy of insurance issued to a school district...

Mr. Jansen represents a manlift service company in a wrongful death case arising out of a fall from a manlift at Midwest Generation...