Colleen Costello

Partner
Colleen Costello Photo
Direct: 312.425.2570
Cell: 312.520.2470
Chicago
33 N. Lasalle Street
Suite 1900
Chicago, IL 60602
T: 312.425.2500
F: 312.425.2525
 
  • Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances. 

  • Successfully investigated and negotiated settlement in the U.S. Virgin Islands under a first-party property policy following a propane gas explosion at a resort that caused significant property damage to a luxury rental property.

  • Successfully handled multiple disputes in California concerning coverage for habitability lawsuits against California hotels and other properties involving the Oakland Landlord-Tenant Municipal Code, California Civil Codes Sections 940, 1941 and 1942, Health & Safety Code Sections 17920, 19210 and 13133.7 asserting claims of breach of implied warranty of habitability, negligence and violation of proposition M among other claims.

  • Won summary judgment motion in Wisconsin state court where the question was whether the “complete operation doctrine,” as codified by a Wisconsin statute applied to a trucking coverage dispute, where the policy was issued in Illinois and the insured was registered in Illinois through the unified carrier registration system.

  • Obtained summary judgment in favor of a client in Illinois involving a liquor liability policy coverage of a multi-million-dollar default judgment entered against the insured nightclub for negligence in failing to prevent injuries to two patrons.

     

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