Mr. Koslow won every jury trial that he tried to verdict while employed in-house with a Chicagoland transit agency during his more than four years employed there with the lone exception resulting in a hung jury.  While employed there, he obtained multiple dismissals of lawsuits on behalf of the transit agency against claimants who failed to provide the requisite information as required under Illinois statute.

 

Obtained dismissal in favor of a general aviation aircraft

manufacturing corporation defendant and two of its subsidiary defendants based on the lack of personal jurisdiction in the U.S. Northern District Court of Illinois.  In a 14-page opinion, the District Court Judge held that the aircraft buyer and broker plaintiffs failed to make a prima facie showing that any of the defendants had sufficient minimum contacts with Illinois for general or specific jurisdiction.  Plaintiffs’ complaint alleged breach of contract, breach of implied covenant, fraud, tortious interference and conspiracy relating to the pre-buy survey and sale of the aircraft.

 

Obtained dismissal of a national security firm in a Cook County,

Illinois personal injury lawsuit filed on behalf of a 14-year old that was electrocuted while trespassing at an abandoned hospital.  The minor plaintiff alleged that client had provided security at Edgewater Hospital in Chicago for several years prior to injury and had prior knowledge of trespassing and graffiti on the property.  Plaintiff had in excess of $1.2 million in medical bills involving multiple plastic surgeries for severe disfigurement on left hip, back and legs and amputation of portions of all fingers on right hand.

 

Obtained dismissal of national trucking company from workers’ compensation medical payments subrogation lawsuit filed for an injured driver in a multi-vehicular accident which killed two other individuals.

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Obtained summary judgment in Clackamas County, Oregon

in the trial court in favor of Defendant excess insurer in a

contribution cause of action filed by the primary insurer seeking pro-rata coverage for damages paid to a volunteer of the insured service organization in an underlying bodily injury lawsuit.  After briefing and oral argument, the trial court found the Defendants’ policy was in excess of coverage to the volunteer under her personal automobile policy provided by the plaintiff primary insurer. The dismissal of the case was later

affirmed on appeal.

 

Obtained dismissal in Lake County, Illinois of a personal injury lawsuit on behalf of a national security firm by an individual injured by a third-party while shopping at Gurnee Mills Shopping Center in Gurnee, IL.  

 

Obtained a Cook County, Illinois law division jury verdict of $300,000 less than the Chicagoland based trucking company client’s final offer.  The trial court also directed a verdict in favor of the trucking company and its driver on all willful and wanton counts which alleged the driver improperly obtained his commercial motor vehicle license.

 

Obtained a favorable settlement on behalf of a national trucking company at mediation in Cook County after

submitting video surveillance evidence to the mediator which showed the Plaintiff in front of his home removing a tire from

a wheel well from his automobile with a crowbar several years after the alleged accident.  Plaintiff alleged he sustained multiple herniated discs which required surgery as a result

of the accident.

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Obtained dismissal in the DuPage County, Illinois trial court later affirmed by the Illinois Appellate District Court on behalf of a custom inflatable boat manufacturer of a breach of contract lawsuit by a buyer of a custom boat made in Florida.  The appellate court held the seller did not have the required minimum contacts with Illinois allowing the court to have personal jurisdiction over it.  The manufacturer did not have offices or advertise in Illinois, did not travel to Illinois and had no continuous or systematic contacts with Illinois. 

 

Obtained dismissal in the U.S. Northern District Court of Illinois on behalf of a general aviation aircraft manufacturing corporation from a lawsuit involving an aircraft which crashed in Colorado attempting an emergency landing while en route to California killing all on board. The plaintiff estate alleged that the aircraft was in an unreasonably dangerous condition when it the manufacturer’s control.  Although the defendant manufacturing corporation had a contractual agreement with an Illinois full-service business aviation center and advertised (but did not own) three pilot training centers which were located in Illinois on its website, those contacts were insufficient to establish general jurisdiction in Illinois.