Representative Experience Archive

Amundsen Davis successfully settled a wrongful death claim involving an independent contractor on call for pest control duties for a homeowners association. The plaintiff’s estate brought suit alleging wrongful death and a survival action against the homeowners association and maintenance worker on duty at the time of the alleged incident.

Gerald Rohrer obtained summary judgment on behalf of a special purpose government agency responsible for wastewater treatment and stormwater management in Illinois in a construction negligence/products liability action wherein the plaintiff was injured by falling debris from a mining machine used in the construction of the agency’s deep tunnel project. 

Amundsen Davis represents a business involved in a dispute arising from an agreement to purchase commercial real estate in St. Louis County, MO, and in an associated dispute over the refusal to pay rent pursuant to a lease of the same property.

Amundsen Davis represented a major retailer, who was the supplier of protective headgear alleged to be defective, in connection with a workplace accident that resulted in an employee of a manufacturing plant sustaining a significant brain injury.

Amundsen Davis persuaded the Eleventh Circuit that the statute of limitations for class allegations was not tolled by the previous lawsuit against the same defendant and same legal theory.

Amundsen Davis negotiated a very favorable settlement on behalf of a school district in a multi-party wrongful death matter. The plaintiff’s decedent died of electrocution during renovation of school facility. 

Amundsen Davis defended an asphalt contractor against a personal injury lawsuit brought by a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle in the parking lot. 

Amundsen Davis attained a favorable settlement on behalf of a property owner involving a catastrophic and permanent leg injury in a multi-party premises liability matter. Settlement was obtained through a pre-trial settlement conference during the pendency of discovery. 

Amundsen Davis defeated a class certification in a case involving more than 1 million prerecorded calls, on grounds that many absent class members lacked injury under Spokeo.

Gerald Rohrer secured summary judgment in wrongful death matters on behalf of a government agency responsible for wastewater and stormwater management in Illinois in a case wherein two employees of a subcontractor died of oxygen deficiency while working in a manhole.