Representative Experience Archive
The plaintiff was an installer who claimed that he developed mesothelioma due to exposures to asbestos. We obtained a dismissal of our premises defendant, and avoided our having to engage in expensive fact and expert discovery or filings.
Matthew Kees represented a logging company in a lawsuit involving allegations of trespass that essentially put the company’s business activities on hold. After a weeklong trial, the trespass claim was dismissed and an easement over the property was established allowing the company to continue doing business as normal.
Represented a heating and air conditioning contractor which had been sued by plaintiffs after defendant’s defective system forced plaintiffs to leave their home due to mold that rendered the home uninhabitable for an extended period of time.
- Successfully Represented a Client During a Department of Labor Audit of its 4039b) Contribution Plan
Amundsen Davis successfully represented a client during a Department of Labor audit of its 403(b) defined contribution plan.
Matthew Kees secured an order of summary judgment on behalf of a real estate developer in a contractual dispute over the enforceability of an offer to purchase. The court granted his client for summary judgment in its entirety, dismissing all counterclaims and found the offer to purchase fully enforceable in all respects.
Amundsen Davis designed, drafted and implemented a nonqualified deferred compensation plan for executives of a tax-exempt entity in compliance with Code Section 457.
The claim against the architect was that when he designed the addition and did the calculation for whether the dumpster enclosure needed to be enlarged, he should have seen that the curb was directly in the pathway from the door on the addition to the dumpster enclosure area and presented a potential tripping hazard.
Amundsen Davis obtained a favorable ruling vacating a default judgment which had been entered in favor of the plaintiffs for amounts exceeding the policy limits in a very plaintiff friendly venue in southern Illinois.
Amundsen Davis successfully established a new Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) for a community bank.
Amundsen Davis’s labor team handled an arbitration that arose from grievances filed by both the International Union of Operating Engineers and the Illinois Council of Police.