Troy Alan Bozarth

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  HeplerBroom LLC
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative/Recent Case Results: Obtained a favorable opinion from the Illinois Appellate Court, Fifth District. This case, a matter of first impression in Illinois, involved National Bank Act preemptions
  the application of the Riegal Niel Act
  Illinois State Parity statutes to an out-of-state bank. It was the first
  only case of its kind in Illinois. [Johnson v. First Bank, 382 Ill.App.3d 907, 89 N.E. 2d 233, 321 Ill. Dec. 329 (5th Dist. April 18, 2008)]
  Successfully argued against class certification. Plaintiff argued defendant engaged in a Silent PPO
  unjustifiably reduced payments to the class through applying PPO discounts it did not deserve. The Southern District of Illinois court found that plaintiff's claims for breach of contract, unjust enrichment,
  ICFA (Illinois Consumer Fraud Act) violations were not subject to common proof
  therefore denied plaintiff's motion to certify the class. (Roche v. Zenith)
  Part of trial team that successfully defended nationwide class action jury trial in St. Clair County, Illinois. Verdict was affirmed on appeal. (Craft v. Allstate)
  Part of trial team that successfully represented Zimmer, Inc. in multiple jury trials in St. Clair County, Illinois. All trials ended in defense verdicts. (Santas v. Zimmer, Inc.)
  Successfully defended a Class Action Fairness Act removal, including before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. [Spivey v. Vertrue, 528 F.3d 982 (7th Cir. 2008)]
  Obtained orders dismissing cases on the merits, all prior to plaintiff moving for class certification. (Vardell v. Union Planters (2006)
  Hicks v. UPS (2007)
  Knight v. Sprint (2006)
  Agney v. National City)
  Other appellate decisions with which he's been involved: Howl
  v. Stonewolf (2004)
  Brown v. RBMG (2007)
  Hill v. Chase (2008)
  First Bank v. DJL Properties, 598 F.3d 915 (7th Cir. 2010)
  Kesha Manning v. BA-2003 Limited Partnership, et al. (2010)
  Coy Chiropractic Health Center, Inc., Richard Coy, D.C.,
  Frank C. Bemis & Associates v. Travelers Casualty
  Surety Company
  The Travelers Indemnity Company, (5th Dist. 2011)
  Campbell v. F.D.I.C., 676 F.3d 615 (7th Cir. 2012)
  AT&T Internet Services, et al. v. Hon. Robert L LeChein, Supreme Court granted supervisory order, June 27, 2012, No. 114334
  Lightspeed Media Corp. v. AT&T Internet Services, et al., Illinois Appellate Court, Fifth District, August 31, 2012, No. 2012 IL App (5th) 110566-U
  Phillips v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America, 714 F.3d 1017 (7th Cir. 2013)
  Lightspeed Media Corp. v. Smith, et al., 2014 WL 1244079 (7th Cir. 2014) - motion for contempt granted
  Eike, et al. v. Allergan, Inc., et al., 850 F.3d 315 (7th Cir. 2017)