The Collins Law Firm, P.C.
1770 N. Park Street
Suite 200
Naperville, IL 60563
(630) 527-1595
Commercial Litigation Cases
  • The Firm filed a minority-shareholder lawsuit against the Harvard State Bank.  Pope v. Harvard State Bank.  Our client's
    family was one of the founders of the Harvard State Bank nearly a century ago.  The lawsuit alleges that she was squeezed
    out as a shareholder of the bank for improper purposes and for an unfair price. The lawsuit is pending in Federal court in
    Chicago.   (February, 2006; Shawn Collins, David Fish)

  • The Firm successfully reversed a major insurance carrier’s denial of benefits under the terms of an accidental death policy.  
    The insurance company refused to pay benefits to the heirs of a woman whose cause of death was concluded by the coroner
    to be accidental mixed drug toxicity.  The Firm challenged the company’s decision with medical evidence originally
    overlooked by the carrier.  Ultimately, the insurance company paid benefits in full to the policy beneficiaries.  (February,
    2006; Aaron Rapier; Julie Anderson)

  • The Firm filed claims for injunctive relief and monetary damages on behalf of homeowners in unincorporated Joliet, Illinois
    whose properties were flooded by a neighboring commercial development.  Ryan Companies US, Inc. and Ryan Kelly
    Gahlberg, LLC were named in the suit as developer and owner of the property, respectively.  The complaint alleges that
    construction of defendants’ Laraway Crossings Business Park altered the natural flow of surface water, resulting in flooding
    and mold growth at Plaintiffs’ homes.  Defendants drain storm water from over 200 acres of the development directly onto
    one of the family’s property, without consent.  Amazingly, defendants continue to drain water directly onto the family’s
    property in spite of plaintiffs’ demand that defendants cease and desist from doing so.  (February, 2006; Aaron Rapier;
    Daniel Fabbri)

  • The Firm successfully tried to jury verdict an unfair competition lawsuit on behalf of a local business against its primary
    competitor.  The lawsuit alleged that the defendant committed commercial bribery, commercial defamation, deceptive trade
    practices and intentional interference with our client’s business.  The jury found the defendant guilty of commercial bribery
    and defamation, tortious interference and violations of the Illinois Deceptive Trade Practices Act.  The jury returned a verdict
    of $2,351,090 which included $635,000 in punitive damages.  The case was tried in the United States District Court for the
    Northern District of Illinois.  This verdict was featured in Crains Chicago Business as one of Illinois’s largest verdicts during
    2004.  (July, 2004; Edward J. Manzke, Daniel Fabbri, David Fish)
Firm secures over
$22,000,000 in verdicts
and settlements for its
clients during first 10
weeks of 2008

During the first 10 weeks of
this year we have secured over
$22 Million for our deserving
clients.  Those clients include:  
a 76 year-old woman who was
required to have both legs
amputated as a result of
medical negligence; a
Chicago-based business owner
who was deprived by his
partners of his share of
company profits; and two
clients injured by defects at
businesses they were visiting.