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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 …

The trial team of Sommer Luzynczyk and Kayla Condeni secured a defense verdict on behalf of their client, an anesthesiologist. The jury trial was held before Judge Lisa Fabiano in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois. The plaintiff alleged the anesthesiologist diverted Fentanyl during his surgery on March 10, 2013, …