Lawyers at DBS successfully litigate a wide variety of civil cases and argue appeals in some of the most challenging jurisdictions in the country.
Ski Facility
Outcome:Affirmance of a Summary Judgment Order.
After obtaining summary judgment on behalf of its client, DBS successfully defended the victory on appeal. The plaintiff sued the defendant ski facility for negligence after sustaining injuries when he ...
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Outcome:Affirmance of Directed Verdict .
The DBS appellate team of Karen Kies DeGrand and Connor Whitting recently defeated a medical malpractice plaintiff’s attempt to reverse a judgment entered on a directed verdict for a neurologist ...
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Outcome:New trial obtained for defendant.
Karen Kies DeGrand and Scott Howie successfully obtained an order granting defendant’s post-trial motion, dispensed with the $40,750,000 jury verdict in plaintiff’s favor and awarding defendant a new trial. In ...
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Outcome:Affirmed the lower court judgments in favor of the client .
DBMS partners Karen DeGrand and Scott Howie obtained a victory in the Illinois Supreme Court on November 30 when the court affirmed the lower court judgments in favor of their ...
SEE MOREEmergency Medicine Physician and Her Practice Group
Outcome:Appellate court affirms judgment entered on jury verdict in medical malpractice case.
Karen Kies DeGrand and Laura Coffey Ieremia secured an appellate opinion affirming judgement in favor of the defendants in a medical malpractice case. The estate of the decedent brought claims ...
SEE MORESkilled Nursing Facility
Outcome:Appellate court affirmed order dismissing and compelling arbitration of negligence claims.
In November 2019, the estate of the deceased brought negligence claims against the defendant skilled nursing facility under the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act and the Illinois Survival Act. The ...
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Outcome:Fourth District Appellate Court Affirms Judgment Entered on Jury Verdict in Medical Malpractice Case.
Karen Kies DeGrand and Laura Coffey Ieremia secured an appellate opinion affirming judgment in favor of defendants in a medical malpractice case. Plaintiff sued the physician, a gastroenterologist, and his ...
SEE MORELaw Firm
Outcome:Dismissal Upheld on Appeal.
DBMS obtained a dismissal order in favor of its law firm client in a federal civil RICO case involving more than $15 million in alleged damages. The plaintiffs were commercial ...
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Outcome:Reversal of appellate decision and reinstatement of judgment for the defense .
In a medical malpractice case, DBMS appellate attorneys obtained reversal of an appellate decision that vacated a judgment entered on a jury verdict for the clinic. In a wrongful death ...
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