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Selected Cases
The following are some examples of our appeals and related matters, with links to decisions, our appellate briefs and oral arguments, and media coverage. You can also view a full list of citations to all our reported appellate opinions.
Guthrie v. CSX Transportation, Inc., No. 1-22-1583 (Illinois Appellate Court, First District 2022)
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Tort: defeated defendant’s request to appeal certified order denying summary judgment in toxic exposure FELA case
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Only pure legal questions are certifiable for interlocutory appeal, and the issue here depended on factual questions
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View our answer
Kaderly v. Kaderly, 656 S.W.3d 333 (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District 2022)
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Family: upheld finding in divorce that half the wife’s $1.95 million interest in a business she sold was marital property
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Evidence showed wife personally, rather than a shell company, acquired the interest, and she risked marital funds
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View our brief
Molitor v. BNSF Ry. Co., 2022 IL App (1st) 211486 (Illinois Appellate Court, First District 2022)
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Tort: reversed exclusion of FELA toxic exposure plaintiff’s expert witnesses and resulting defense summary judgment
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Experts’ opinions that plaintiff’s exposure to carcinogens during work for defendant caused lymphoma were admissible
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Listen to the oral argument before the Appellate Court
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View our brief and reply brief
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Featured in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin (Dec. 22, 2022)