Product Liability

• Jury returns low-six-figure verdict after plaintiff requests over $31 million for traumatically-amputated leg in product liability case involving industrial drilling machine.

  04/02/2022
• Amanda Zink Becomes Partner

  January 17, 2020

  Lipe Lyons Murphy Nahrstadt & Pontikis is pleased to announce that Amanda L. Zink has been named a partner in the firm.  Ms. Zink, who joined the firm in 2018, focuses her practice on the defense of personal injury, premises liability, construction, employer and product liability claims.  During her legal career, Ms. Zink has handled complex personal injury and wrongful death matters, construction litigation, premise liability, employer litigation, products liability, property damage, catastrophic fire loss claims, condominium disputes and sexual abuse cases. Ms. Zink has extensive arbitration and trial experience. Prior to joining Lipe Lyons, Ms. Zink spent more than a decade as in-house counsel for The Hartford, where she defended its insureds in both federal and state court.  Ms. Zink is a 2004 graduate of DePaul University College of Law.  She is a member of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel and currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Events Committee. She is also active in The Advocates Society – The Association of Polish-American Attorneys.

• Six Lipe Lyons Attorneys Recognized as Super Lawyers in 2016

  January 20, 2016
• DeVries Obtains Summary Judgment

  April 3, 2015

  
   

• Summary Judgment Entered in Favor of Product Manufacturer

  August 14, 2014
• Lyons and Burton Obtain Partial Summary Judgment

  July 17, 2014