The Craney Winters Law Group LLC Legal Blog

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...

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 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.,...

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...

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...

A hearing was held June 4, 2019, in Madison County, Illinois on CLG's Motion to Dissolve the City of Collinsville's Temporary Restraining Order. Judge Clarence W. Harrison II presided over the arguments, ultimately granting Craney Law Group's Motion to Dissolve. The...

A hearing was held April 18, 2019, in Peoria County, Illinois on Craney Law Group’s Motion to Dismiss Counts II, III, and IV of Third-Party Plaintiff’s Complaint. Judge Mark E. Gilles presided over the arguments. CLG Associate, Joshua A. Edelson, argued that...

Firm Associate, Joshua A. Edelson, contributed to the May 2019, vol. 63, no. 5 issue of The Policy - the newsletter of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Section on Insurance Law - distributed by the Illinois State Bar to all its member, by authoring for publication...

Josh Edelson recently lead a CLG sponsored golf team to a first-place victory in the annual Golf Classic hosted by the Risk Management Society (RIMS).  Congratulations to Josh!  The final scores are listed here.

CRANEY LAW GROUP PREVAILS ON MOTION TO DISMISS AND SUBSEQUENT DENIAL OF DISMISSED PARTY’S PETITION TO INTERVENE A hearing was held March 14, 2019, in Madison County, Illinois on CLG's Motion to Dismiss the City of Collinsville from a declaratory judgment and...