Results
- Defense verdict. Represented specialty provider of optometry services in case involving injury to patient who struck his shin on a fireplace ledge, causing a laceration to the bone. (James Owen v. MyEyeDr)
- Directed verdict. Represented hospital in a medical malpractice case with claims limited to apparent agency relating to the care of an ophthalmologist on staff. Directed verdict entered by the Court on Motion at the close of Plaintiff’s case in chief. (Daniel Sumner v. Edward Hospital, et al)
- Defense verdict. Represented cardiothoracic surgeon in medical malpractice case where patient died during surgery for lung cancer. Sought: $7,300,000; awarded $0. (Estate of Ronald Green, deceased v. Dr. Norman Snow)
- Defense verdict. Represented third-year otolaryngology surgery resident in medical malpractice case alleging child given medication overdose during a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. Sought: $7,000,000; awarded $0. (Zaki Mohamed, minor v. Dr. Nadia Gul Mohyuddin)
- Defense verdict. Represented hospital, two residents, and a physician’s assistant in medical malpractice case alleging pregnant woman died from insulin overdose. Sought: $2,500,000. Awarded $0. (Estate of Ella Jackson, deceased, Estate of Baby Girl Jackson, deceased minor v. Michael Reese Hospital)
- Plaintiff verdict. Represented medical center in medical malpractice case alleging negligence in plaintiff’s wheelchair fall inside hospital’s transport van. Sought: $2,000,000; awarded $350,000. (Estate of Ferdinand Timmreck, deceased v. Resurrection Medical Center)
- Defense verdict. Represented physical therapist in medical malpractice case involving a broken leg during transfer at a nursing home. Sought: $1,000,000; awarded $0. (Estate of Alice Yerbick, deceased v Alden-Northmoor Rehabilitation & Health Care Center Inc., Tammy Palese, Dr. Stanislaw Maslanka)
- Plaintiff verdict. Represented hospital in medical malpractice case alleging failure to timely diagnose infant’s necrotic bowel. Sought $10,250,000; awarded $2,970,000. (Estate of Isabella Kitsen Zormelo, deceased minor v Edward Hospital, Dr. Michael J. Fitzgerald, Dr. Leslie Farolan, Dr. Deanna L. Holleman-Duray, Dr. Robert F. Covert, Dr. Rajeev S. Dixit, DuPage Neonatology Associates S.C.)
Professional Associations
- DuPage County Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
Other Professional/Civic Involvement
- Glenbard West Booster Board
