Heather Koerkenmeier joins CLG as Office Administrator!
The Craney Law Group is pleased to announce the addition of Heather Koerkenmeier who will join the firm as an office administrator. Heather comes to the firm with well-rounded experiences and extensive knowledge of the local legal system. She previously worked as a...
Illinois Supreme Court approves admission of post-accident automobile photos.
The Illinois Supreme Court recently issued an opinion in Peach vs. McGovern, 2019 IL 123156 on appeal from the Fifth District Appellate Court. The case involves significant issues concerning the appropriate standards for overruling jury verdicts, as well as issues...
CLG Victory in Food Poisoning Trial
The firm recently defended a fast food franchise at a bench trial, in a claim brought in the Circuit Court for St. Louis City, Missouri. In the claim, the plaintiff alleged that he purchased food which was tainted with an insect, causing severe illness and food...
CLG Wins Open Meetings Act Motion
The firm recently prevailed against a request by a plaintiff, to reverse certain employment actions undertaken by the firm's client, Metro East Sanitary District (MESD). The circuit court had previously ruled that MESD had violated Illinois' Open Meetings Act (OMA),...
CLG Participates in Go Green Initiative.
Craney Law Group is pleased to announce it's participation in the Alaris Go Green Program. The Alaris Go Green Program emphasizes environmental preservation by offering green alternatives in the work place. A donation to the Missouri Coalition for the Environment was...
Craney Law Group Attorney Publishes Article in the October 2018 Issue of The Policy
Craney Law Group Associate, Joshua A. Edelson, contributed to the October 2018, vol. 63, no. 2 issue of The Policy, distributed by the Illinois State Bar Association to all its member, by authoring for publication a thorough analysis and review of a recently decided...
Craney Law Group prevails on its Motion to Dismiss two clients based on a lack of personal jurisdiction within Illinois.
Waukegan, Illinois - A hearing was held on October 24, 2018 in Lake County, Illinois on Craney Law Group’s Motion to Dismiss based on a lack of personal jurisdiction filed on behalf of two of its clients in this matter based in Wisconsin. Judge Diane Winter presided...
CLG prevails in IDFPR Medical Disciplinary Board matter.
The firm recently prevailed in an administrative law action before the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Medical Disciplinary Board. In that matter, the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation argued that the firm’s client, a...
CLG Summary Judgment Noted in Madison County Record
The Madison County Record recently posted a comment on the firm's summary judgment win in the Clark v. River Metals Recycling case. Read article here.
CLG wins summary judgment in major products liability lawsuit.
The firm recently won a motion for summary judgment in a major products liability suit filed in the U.S. District Court for Southern District of Illinois. In Clark v. River Metals et al. (3:15-CV-447), plaintiff alleged he fell from a car-crushing "baler" suffering a...