04/11/2017
Client:
Defendant Law Firm and Attorneys
Outcome:
Appellate court affirmed order denying sanctions and attorney fees for firm’s clients.
The appellate court upheld a trial court decision to deny a defendant’s motion for sanctions against plaintiff, its attorneys and their law firm following the voluntary dismissal of an action ...
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01/09/2017
Client:
Defendant Physician
Outcome:
Appellate court affirmed judgment entered on jury verdict.
The appellate court affirmed judgment on a jury verdict in a medical negligence action handled on appeal by Donohue Brown’s Karen DeGrand and Amanda Balen. The defendant orthopedic surgeon had ...
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12/14/2016
Client:
Defendant Attorney
Outcome:
Seventh Circuit affirmed dismissal of claim.
Karen Kies DeGrand and Norman Barry successfully defended a client on appeal in the Seventh Circuit. The firm’s client, a divorce attorney, was sued with his client in federal court ...
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12/07/2016
Client:
Defendant Physician and Professional Corporation
Outcome:
Appellate court affirmed judgment entered on jury verdict.
Dick Donohue, Karen Kies DeGrand and Meagan VanderWeele convinced the appellate court to affirm a judgment entered on a jury verdict in a wrongful pregnancy action. The court rejected plaintiffs’ ...
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10/12/2016
Client:
Defendant Healthcare Services Company
Outcome:
Seventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment order entered in favor of firm’s client.
Karen Kies DeGrand and Don Brown successfully defended a client on appeal in the Seventh Circuit. An inmate in an Illinois prison who became ill during his incarceration sued the ...
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06/06/2016
Client:
Defendant Hospital and Physician
Outcome:
Appellate court affirmed order entering summary judgment for firm’s clients.
With the defendants represented by Donohue Brown’s Karen DeGrand, Stetson Atwood and Laura Testa, the appellate court affirmed the trial court’s order granting summary judgment to the firm’s clients in ...
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06/20/2013
Client:
Defendant Ambulance Driver and Ambulance Service
Outcome:
Supreme Court reinstated order granting summary judgment to the defendants after reversal by the appellate court..
A motorist collided with an ambulance transporting a patient on a non-emergency basis from a hospital to a nursing home. Sustaining severe head trauma in the collision, the motorist sued ...
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09/19/2011
Client:
Defendant Automobile Manufacturer
Outcome:
Affirmed judgment in favor of the firm's client.
The plaintiffs were the driver and passenger in a vehicle that was in a “T-bone” intersection collision with another vehicle, causing the plaintiff’s vehicle to roll over. Plaintiffs contended that ...
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06/28/2011
Client:
Defendant Driver and Corporate Employer
Outcome:
Defense Verdict; Verdict Affirmed on Appeal.
On June 28, 2011, the Illinois Appellate Court, Third District, affirmed the judgment entered on May 7, 2010, in favor of Donohue Brown’s corporate construction client and the company’s driver. ...
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