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The trial team of Sommer Luzynczyk and Brian Henry secured a defense verdict on behalf of their client, an OB/GYN, in a wrongful death case. The jury trial was held before Judge Thomas Lyons in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. The patient, a 56 year old woman, underwent a laparoscopic hysterectomy. Three days …

The team of Jim Sipchen, John Scheid, and Rachel Grajewski recently won a dismissal of a lawsuit brought in the Circuit Court of Cook County against an estate and its administrator that sought recovery of over $4 million for alleged breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, undue influence, and unjust enrichment.  The plaintiff contended …

Michael Barry and Charlene Echeverria Burciaga had the privilege of representing an obstetrician/gynecologist and a practice group. Plaintiffs alleged a delayed diagnosis of infection following a cesarean section, ultimately resulting in a hysterectomy in a 23-year-old patient.  The claims centered on the handling of a patient’s telephone calls reporting symptoms and the alleged failure to …

Sommer and Kayla represented an OB/GYN who had been named as a respondent in discovery in the original lawsuit and was subsequently terminated as a respondent. On the eve of trial, the original lawsuit was voluntarily dismissed. Four months later, the lawsuit was refiled, naming the decedent’s minor sibling as a named plaintiff and naming …