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After winning at the trial court level through a Motion to Dismiss, Tom and Rich were able to preserve that victory at the appellate level by persuading the Court that their client – a non-profit charitable institution – was entitled to the protections of sovereign immunity. Even though their client was a private entity, the …

Brian Henry and Kayla Condeni successfully defended an orthopedic surgeon in a 1.5 week trial in Cook County. The orthopedic surgeon was accused of negligently overlengthening a patient’s leg when performing a total hip replacement. The plaintiff requested over $1 million in damages after claiming the patient could no longer work, was disfigured, and experiencing …

Jim Sipchen and Matthew Ligda recently accomplished a rare feat in obtaining dismissals of three separate cases brought against a medical supply company and its principals by a former employee.   In his first lawsuit, the former employee alleged that the defendants violated his privacy rights when addressing a complaint another employee made regarding the …

Ed Ruff led a Pretzel and Stouffer team that recently secured a victory in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, where the court affirmed a multi million-dollar judgment Ed and the team had won in the District Court for the firm’s client, a purchaser of land from a bankruptcy estate, against a claim by a …