10/14/2020
Client:
Defendant Fire Protection District
Outcome:
Summary Judgment for the Defense.
DBMS obtained summary judgment in favor of a local fire protection district and its paramedics/firefighters on plaintiffs’ claims of negligence and willful and wanton conduct. Asserting wrongful death and survival ...
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01/17/2020
Client:
Defendant Neurosurgeon
Outcome:
Verdict for Defense.
Mark M. Burden and David K. Duffey successfully defended a neurosurgeon at trial against allegations of negligence for improperly recommending and improperly performing an extensive neurosurgical procedure. Plaintiffs alleged that ...
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10/11/2019
Client:
Defendant Family Medicine Physician
Outcome:
Verdict for Defense.
Mark M. Burden and Laura Coffey Ieremia successfully defended a family medicine physician at trial against allegations of negligence for failing to timely diagnose prostate cancer. Asserting wrongful death and ...
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10/09/2019
Client:
Defendant Defendant Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Outcome:
Verdict for the Defense.
DBMS successfully defended a cardiothoracic surgeon in a case involving a claim of medical malpractice for an alleged failure to properly perform a single coronary artery bypass graft procedure. In ...
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04/10/2019
Client:
Defendant Hospital
Outcome:
Verdict for the Defense.
DBMS attorneys Stetson Atwood and Ashley Dus successfully defend a hospital in a medical negligence trial in which the plaintiff asked the jury to award $16 million in damages. The ...
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07/07/2017
Client:
Defendant Ophthalmologist and Hospital
Outcome:
Verdict for the Defense.
Donohue Brown’s Kent Mathewson and Laura DeDecker successfully defended a vitreous and retinal specialist and his clinic in a high-stakes six-week trial involving a patient who went blind in one ...
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03/02/2016
Client:
Defendant Orthopedic Surgeon and Orthopedic Group
Outcome:
Verdict for the Defense.
Verdict for the Defense
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10/23/2015
Client:
Defendant Defendant Orthopedic Surgeon
Outcome:
Verdict for the Defense.
Plaintiff, male, 65 years old, presented to Palos Community Hospital on April 29, 2011 for a total left hip arthroplasty. The defendants, an orthopedic surgeon and his corporation, performed the ...
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08/14/2015
Client:
Defendant Hospital
Outcome:
Not guilty vs. all defendants (represented all).
On August 14, 2015, a Cook County jury returned a verdict in favor of a defendant obstetrician and hospital, represented by Sherri M. Arrigo and Richard H. Donohue. Plaintiffs alleged ...
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