Representative Experience Archive
Amundsen Davis obtained summary judgment dismissal on racial bias claims pursued against a manufacturer under Title VII and Section 1981 in the immediate wake of the 7th Circuit’s Ortiz
Amundsen Davis defended a motor carrier and driver against a lawsuit from a plaintiff, who was also a commercial motor vehicle driver that was rear-ended by the defendant driver.
The matter involved a plaintiff who sustained injuries while participating in a volunteer program at the premises.
Amundsen Davis successfully represented two separate franchise owners against union organizing petitions filed by a Chicago based Teamsters local union under the NLRB’s “Ambush Election” Rule, where the vote count initially appeared unanimously for the union.
Amundsen Davis defended a motor carrier and driver against a lawsuit from a plaintiff, who was also a commercial motor vehicle driver that was rear-ended by the defendant. The plaintiff alleged negligence, negligent hiring retention, and negligent entrustment.
The resolution was obtained without incurring the need to engage in significant discovery.
Amundsen Davis successfully represented a concrete manufacturer against laborers' organizing petition of the company's "working foremen" upon demonstrating at the NLRB that the workers at issue met "supervisory" status under the NLRA; and, therefore, are exempt from being represented by a union.
More than $25 million dollars was demanded by the plaintiff, but the matter was ultimately settled in the low six figures.
The client is active in the area of electric motors, generators, and related control technologies.
Amundsen Davis handled an admitted liability case where the plaintiff claimed seven figures in damages and sought mid seven figures at trial.