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Village of La Grange Easement Litigation Ends in Supreme Court Victory
On September 30, 2026, the Illinois Supreme Court denied a petition for leave to appeal from the unanimous order of the Illinois Appellate Court, First Judicial District, affirming the Circuit Court of Cook County’s judgment in favor of the Village of La Grange in...
TDR Secures Judgment in Fraud Action
TDR partner Kyle Cooper recently secured a $1.16 million judgment for a client in the Circuit Court of Cook County arising from the misappropriation of company funds. In addition to entering judgment in our client's favor, the Court awarded post-judgment interest and...
Appellate Victory for the Village of La Grange in Easement Litigation
On June 30, 2026, the Illinois Appellate Court, First Judicial District, unanimously affirmed a judgment in favor of the Village of La Grange in long-running litigation against Hanson Aggregates Midwest, Inc., concerning the Village’s easement rights and its right to...
TDR Obtains Complete Victory in 7th Circuit
On May 15, 2026, TDR secured a complete victory in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals for our clients in D’Ambrosio v. Meta Platforms, Inc., et al., Case No. 25-2231. The plaintiff sued TDR’s clients alleging a litany of claims including defamation, civil...
TDR Mourns Loss of Gino DiVito
We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our co-founder, mentor, partner, and friend, Gino L. DiVito. Gino left a wide and lasting impact on the legal profession and on all who knew him. Gino grew up in a Chicago working-class family in a neighborhood where...
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Illinois Supreme Court Holds that Collateral Source Rule Does Not Apply in Pure Economic Loss Tort Cases
Plaintiffs asserting purely economic losses in tort cases already face a significant hurdle in Illinois: the well-established economic loss rule, otherwise known as the Moorman doctrine. But those plaintiffs now face an additional challenge, because in Lewis v. Lead...
“Used with a View to Profit”–An Interesting Statutory Phrase and a Property Tax Dispute
In University of Chicago v. Department of Revenue, 2020 IL App (1st) 191195 (opinion issued May 15, 2020), the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court faced a unique property tax dispute that required the interpretation of a curious phrase in section 15-35 of...
Illinois Appellate Court Publishes Analysis on a Statutory Fee-Shifting Provision
Recently, the Illinois Appellate Court published its 2019 decision in Lopez v. Rendered Servs., Inc., 2019 IL App (1st) 181869. Lopez serves as a great refresher on the American Rule regarding attorney fees and statutory fee-shifting provisions in Illinois.In Lopez,...
Seventh Circuit Issues Stern Warning to Violators of Telemarketing Statutes
The Seventh Circuit's recent decision in United States v. DISH Network LLC, 954 F.3d 970 (7th Cir. 2020), comes with a stern warning to companies that violate state and federal telemarketing statutes: "Someone whose maximum penalty reaches the mesosphere only...
Crim v. Dietrich: Focus on the Necessity for a Posttrial Motion in a Civil Jury Trial and the Effect of Not Filing Such a Motion
In the medical malpractice case of Crim v. Dietrich, 2020 IL 124318 (issued on April 2, 2020), plaintiffs, the mother and father of the injured newborn baby, alleged that defendant, the doctor who delivered the baby: (1) failed to obtain the mother's informed consent...
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