partners Charles Armbruster and Michael Blotevogel secured a $525,000 verdict in the Central District of Illinois for a railroad employee who was injured attempting to lift railroad ties that had fallen onto a public road. The employee...
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ADWB Partners Named To National Trial Lawyers Top 100, And Top 10 Railroad Accident Trial Lawyers
partner Michael Blotevogel was recently selected to The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 and The National Trial Lawyers: Top 10 Railroad Accident Trial Lawyers Association. Blotevogel joins partner Charles...
ADWB Partners Obtain Crucial Appellate Ruling For All Illinois Injury Victims
partners Roy Dripps and Michael Blotevogel recently secured a crucial ruling on behalf of Illinois injury victims. The Illinois Court of Appeals for the Fifth District recently applied what is known as the Voykin doctrine to hold that a...
ADWB Partner Obtains Ruling Sanctioning Defendant For Failing To Timely Produce “IME” Report
partner Roy Dripps convinced the Illinois Court of Appeals for the Fifth District to hold that under the plain language of Illinois Supreme Court Rule 215, a defendant that fails to produce the report of its "independent medical examiner"...
Illinois Court Of Appeals Affirms Verdict Obtained By FELA Partners Against Premises Owner That Lost Surveillance Footage Of Incident
partner Roy Dripps convinced the Illinois Court of Appeals for the Fifth District to affirm a jury's verdict of over $500,000.00 obtained by partners Roy Dripps, Charles Armbruster and Michael Blotevogel...
ADWB Partner Honored As Top 10 Trucking Lawyer
partner Charles Armbruster recently named one of the Top 10 Trucking lawyers by The National Trial Lawyers: Top 10 Nursing Home Trial Lawyers Association. This honor recognizes decades of work representing people who have suffered injury...
ADWB Partner Invited By Illinois Supreme Court To Address Proposed Rule Change
partner, Roy Dripps, drafted an amendment to Supreme Court Rule 212 that he submitted to the Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee. On April 16, 2020, the Supreme Court Rules Committee notified Mr. Dripps that his proposal had been...
ADWB Gets Highest Verdict In 2017
In 2017, there were only five plaintiffs’ verdicts in Madison County, Illinois. , won two of those verdicts, including the largest verdict of the year. In total, , accounted for 85% of the total awards given to...
Charles Armbruster And Roy Dripps Named To Million Dollar Advocates Forum And Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Press Release: The Million Dollar Advocates Forum is pleased to announce that attorneys Charles Armbruster and Roy Dripps have been certified as life members of both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. The Million Dollar...
Illinois Trial Lawyer Association Publishes Article By ADWB Partners
The Illinois Trial Lawyers Journal published an article on trial practice written by partners Roy Dripps and Michael Blotevogel. The article analyzes issues related to defense motions in limine and recommends specific strategies to combat...