Client:
Defendant Psychiatrist
Outcome:
Verdict for the Defense.
Mark Burden and David Handley of DBMS successfully defended a psychiatrist in DuPage County at trial against allegations of false imprisonment. Plaintiff alleged that the defendant psychiatrist and the defendant ...
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Client:
Law Firm
Outcome:
Dismissal Upheld on Appeal.
DBMS obtained a dismissal order in favor of its law firm client in a federal civil RICO case involving more than $15 million in alleged damages. The plaintiffs were commercial ...
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Client:
Legal Aid Clinic
Outcome:
Entry of Injunction Upheld on Appeal.
DBMS obtained a temporary injunction against a pro se plaintiff due to the litigant’s repeated, frivolous filings against a Legal Clinic and two of the clinic’s attorneys. The plaintiff filed ...
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Client:
Defendant Corporate Attorney and Defendant Law Firm
Outcome:
Verdict for the Defendants .
DBMS successfully defended a corporate attorney and his law firm in a bench trial accused of failing to include a restrictive covenant within the plaintiff’s employee’s contract and failing to ...
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Client:
Defendant Architect
In a one-week jury trial involving alleged breach of contract where a real estate developer sought $3.1 million from an architectural firm, DBMS attorneys obtained a defense verdict. The trial ...
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Outcome:
Verdict for Defense.
In a two-week federal bench trial involving alleged legal malpractice where a former client and a trust sought $5.35 million from the firm’s bankruptcy and appellate lawyer, DBMS attorneys obtained ...
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Client:
Defendant General Surgeon
Outcome:
Verdict for Defense.
John M. McGarry and Laura Coffey Ieremia of DBMS successfully defended a general surgeon in Lake County at trial against allegations of performing a non-indicated double bowel resection during a ...
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Client:
Defendant Gastroenterologist
Outcome:
Verdict for Defense.
DBMS attorneys successfully obtained a verdict on behalf of defendant gastroenterologist in a lawsuit arising from an alleged five-and-a-half-year failure to diagnose plaintiff with a neuroendocrine tumor. The plaintiff initially ...
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Client:
Defendant Internal Medicine Physician
Outcome:
Verdict for the Defense.
DBMS successfully defended an internal medicine physician in a case involving a claim of medical malpractice for an extravasation injury following lifesaving medical treatment. In 2014, the plaintiff, a 71-year-old ...
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