CLG PREVAILS ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN LAWSUIT INVOLVING INJURIES TO A MINOR
CLG recently prevailed on a Motion for Summary Judgment in Lake County, Illinois, which dismissed the Chicago-based client from a lawsuit involving an alleged, significant closed-head injury to a minor, while on the client's premises during a winter retreat located in...
5 indications of potential motor vehicle accident insurance fraud
It’s troubling but true that insurance fraud is far too prevalent today. While insurance companies are often villainized by the public, many people take advantage of these companies. People regularly expect more money than their policy entitles them to and may file...
CLG PREVAILS ON PARTIAL MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
Plaintiff recently voluntarily dismissed a count against a CLG client, in response to a motion for summary judgment filed by the firm. In that matter - filed in the City of St. Louis circuit court - plaintiff alleged in excess of $1,000,000 in damages due to a...
CLG PREVAILS ON MOTION TO DISMISS IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS
A hearing was held September 5, 2019, in St. Clair County, Illinois on Craney Law Group’s Motion to Dismiss its client – a plumbing subcontractor – based on the economic loss doctrine, also known as the Moorman doctrine, which states that tort claims for purely...
CLG Relocates
CLG is pleased to announce that we have moved to a new location. Beginning September 30, 2019, CLG will be located at 115 N Buchanan St., Suite A, Edwardsville, IL 62025. Our telephone and fax numbers will remain the same.
CRANEY LAW GROUP PREVAILS ON INSURANCE COVERAGE MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
After oral arguments in the Circuit Court for Madison County, Illinois, CLG successfully defended against Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment. CLG argued that plaintiffs were unable to stack medical malpractice liability coverages, thus precluding an...
CLG WINS SIGNIFICANT PERSONAL JURISDICTION MOTION IN LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
The firm is defending a claim involving an alleged, significant closed-head injury to a minor, while on the client's premises during a winter retreat located in Wisconsin. CLG recently prevailed on a highly -ontested motion to apply to the foreign law of Wisconsin to...
CLG Successful in Products Liability Claim before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
CLG Successful in Products Liability Claim before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed summary judgment in favor of the firm's defendant / client in a major personal injury case. In Clark v. River Metals, et al.,...
James Craney publishes in IDC Quarterly
The Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel ("IDC") recently published an article by James Craney in its Quarterly journal. The article discusses Hess v. State Auto Insurance Company, a recent Illinois Appellate Court opinion addressing stacking issues. The...
CLG Prevails in Medical Malpractice Trial
Don Weber of CLG recently obtained a full defense verdict in a medical malpractice case. Weber was co-counsel for the defendant physician in a matter where plaintiff alleged that the defendant failed to properly diagnose the possibility of a blood clot, and failed to...