Representative Experience Archive
Amundsen Davis’s Entertainment Media & Technology practice group regularly defends public figures, including politicians, celebrities, and local public officials, as well as private individuals and businesses in litigation matters that threaten to infringe on First Amendment rights to free speech.
Obtained a not guilty verdict in favor of our client on the issue of agency involving a volunteer/independent contractor.
Amundsen Davis counsel defended a construction company against a wrongful death claim that involved OSHA citations and was able to obtain a favorable settlement for the client after uncovering evidence that the client had been blamed for the actions of another contractor and that the decedent had acted negligently.
Amundsen Davis counseled a manufacturing facility when a worker fatally suffocated inside a silo filled with sand and gravel.
Obtained a ruling in favor of our client, a credit union, finding that no damages were owed to a third party provider.
James Maschhoff has defended accounting firms against malpractice claims. His work in one large case helped lead to a grant of summary judgment in favor of the accounting firm.
Before Macon County Circuit Court, a business owner filed a lawsuit against our client, a business competitor of the plaintiff. The sprawling lawsuit alleged Defamation based on fifteen separate publications by our client, Tortious Interference with Business Expectancy, and Deceptive Business Practices pursuant to Illinois’ Consumer Fraud Act and Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
The plaintiff, a carpenter, sustained a severe brain injury. The owner, general contractor, sub-contractor, architect and structural engineer were all sued. After lengthy discovery as to liability and damages and the retention of experts and performance of IMEs, the case was settled.
Amundsen Davis counseled a concrete manufacturing facility when a career-ending injury to a worker’s back as he was knocked off of a trailer by a crane-load of concrete.
Granted summary judgment in defending our client in Telephone Consumer Protection Act claims.