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Craig M. Antas Accomplishments:
Explosion at an elementary school that occurred one day after school adjourned for the summer. Target Defendant was the local gas company for negligent maintenance of gas company owned equipment. Within one year of the loss, we recovered 90% of the multi-million dollar loss for our client. Congratulations to Craig Antas on this successful result. Craig Antas and firm named Counsel to Mikva Commission
In the wake of the deadly 69 West Washington high-rise fire that occurred in downtown Chicago, where 7 people died in the fire, Craig M. Antas and the firm were hired by the Mikva Commission to serve as Counsel to the Commission, charged by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, with investigating the fire and determining why seven people died who were all evacuating the building in the stairwells. The work of the Mikva Commission and Nielsen, Zehe & Antas resulted in sweeping changes in the Chicago Fire Department procedures and practices to prevent future such disasters. Million Dollar + recovery for client in student apartment building collapse at University of Illinois
Student apartment building collapse that occurred on the campus of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. On behalf of our subrogation client and insured, we pursued a large construction firm that was building a high-rise dormitory next door to our insured’s student apartment building. Under a negligence theory and violation of the Illinois Subjacent Lateral Support Act (addressing responsibilities of neighboring property owners during excavation of land), we recovered over 85% of our clients damages in this million dollar plus loss. Congratulations to Craig Antas on this successful result.
