Verizon Throttles Fire Department’s “Unlimited” Data During Calif. Largest Wildfire
Fire dep’t had to pay twice as much remove throttling Originally posted on Arstechnica Verizon Wireless’ throttling of a fire department that uses its data services has been submitted as evidence in a lawsuit that seeks to reinstate federal net neutrality rules. Fire dept. rejects Verizon’s “customer support mistake” excuse for throttling “County Fire has […]
Syngenta Settles Class-Action Suit Over Corn Shipments To China For $1.5 Billion
This article was originally posted at hppr.org Updated March 13 with details of settlement — U.S. corn growers, grain-handling operations and ethanol plants will see a slice of a $1.5 billion settlement Monday in a class-action lawsuit over a genetically engineered variety made by Swiss-based Syngenta AG. Thousands of farmers had sued after Syngenta, which was waiting […]
C. Nicholas Cronauer Wins $1 Million Judgment for Client
On August 14, 2014, my client was a driving a motorcycle in Kane County. The Defendant was traveling behind my client on a motorcycle, and somehow his front tire made contact with my client’s rear tire, sending my client tumbling down the highway. My client spent several weeks in patient with serious injuries to his back and legs. He […]
Ald. Settles With Genoa Over Arrest
Originally posted on Chicago Law Bulletin Ald. settles with Genoa over arrest A northern Illinois city will shell out $225,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a resident — now an alderman — who claimed he was the victim of police brutality and malicious prosecution. The federal lawsuit brought by plaintiff Charles Cravatta against Genoa […]
Cronauer Law Representing More Than 20,000 American Farmers
Originally posted on Chicago Law Bulletin Local Sycamore Attorney C. Nicholas Cronauer is part of a legal team representing more than 20,000 American corn farmers in the growing lawsuit against Syngenta, the Swiss-based seed company. Last week two members of that legal team were appointed by the Minnesota State Court as the co-lead counsels in the litigation, giving […]
Ex-Metra Engineer Gets $5.3M After Slip
Ex-Metra engineer gets $5.3M after slip Originally posted on Chicago Law Bulletin Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pocket Ex-Metra engineer gets $5.3M after slip A Cook County jury on Tuesday awarded $5.3 million to a man who needed a spinal fusion after slipping on snow and ice while wearing an oily boot. Plaintiff Christopher Cravatta, a locomotive […]
Metra Case analysis
Verdict $5,300,000 Case Christopher P. Cravatta v. METRA and Northeast Regional Illinois Commuter Railroad, No. 2014-L-006667 Court Cook COunty Circuit Court Judge Joan E. Powell Date 3/21/2017 Plaintiff Attorney(s) Brett Emison, Langdon & Emison, Kansas City, MO Ken Barnes, Barnes Law Firm LLC, Kansas City, MO C. Nicholas Cronauer, Burns, Cronauer & Brown, Sycamore, IL Timothy […]
Nicholas Cronauer Joins Sycamore Law Firm
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2011/12/19/nicholas-cronauer-joins-sycamore-law-firm/arg007i/ Nicholas Cronauer has joined the law firm of Charles E. Cronauer & Associates at 1101 DeKalb Ave., Sycamore, as an associate attorney. Cronauer graduated summa cum laude from Illinois State University in 2008 with a degree in accounting and graduated magna cum laude from Valparaiso University Law School as a published member of the […]