Stetson F. Atwood has extensive litigation and trial experience with a primary focus on defending medical negligence claims against hospitals, physicians, and nurses. He also has successfully defended numerous matters involving home healthcare nurses, long term care providers and paramedics. Mr. Atwood had tried numerous cases to verdict in Illinois and Indiana which achieved excellent results for his clients.
Mr. Atwood is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and the International Society of Barristers. He was selected to Super Lawyers for 2016 – 2025. Super Lawyers is an exclusive list of top-rated attorneys in specific practice areas who were chosen after thorough evaluation of numerous criteria. Between 2013 – 2025, Mr. Atwood was named a Leading Lawyer.
Hospital
Outcome:Defense Verdict.
DBMS attorneys Stetson Atwood and Ashley Dus successfully defended a hospital in a medical negligence trial in which the plaintiff asked the jury to award $11.5 million in damages. This ...
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Outcome:Defense Verdict.
Stetson Atwood and Ashley Dus successfully defended three Chicago area emergency medicine physicians in a medical malpractice lawsuit involving allegations that the emergency medicine physicians failed to timely diagnose an ...
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