Jennifer Suttle and Alexandra Morelli successfully defended their nephrologist client in a medical negligence lawsuit tried before Judge Thomas V. Lyons in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. The plaintiff alleged that the nephrologist, acting as the attending physician, failed to consult cardiology during a hospitalization for an infected abscess. Plaintiff further alleged that […]
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Barker, Castro & Steinback has been ranked as Tier 1 in the Chicago metropolitan area for Medical Malpractice Law-Defendants in 2024
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Two BCS attorneys highlight the latest updates in Illinois case law at an annual meeting for the Chicago Healthcare Risk Management Society.
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In a recent appeal in a medical malpractice case concerning claims of breach of physician fiduciary duty, breach of verbal contract, fraud and profit disgorgement, partner Stephanie Urbanek secured a win for a local hospital by dismissing the amended complaint for failure to comply with the requirements of section 2-622 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
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Alexandra Morelli has been selected to assume the leadership role of Co-Editor-in-Chief for the Chicago Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section @theBar blog, a publication dedicated to professional development and enhancing member dialogue in the legal profession.
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Urging Governor J.B. Pritzker to veto an Illinois bill that will add prejudgment interest to awards in personal injury and other lawsuits, defense counsel sets forth the inequitable nature of the bill wherein it penalizes civil defendants for exercising their right to litigate a case through trial and does not promote a fair and balanced judicial system. On behalf of the firm’s clients, including hospitals and healthcare workers, Krista Frick has penned a letter to Governor Pritzker voicing the need to veto the bill.
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Associate Laura Wibberley addresses the applicability of immunity from civil liability amidst the continuing challenges of staffing shortages, insufficient supplies and delayed vaccine administration in her case law update titled “The PREP Act Update: The Prevailing COVID-19 Immunities.”
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The Cook County Law Division’s latest General Administrative Order 20-9, issued on 12/17/20, supersedes all previous GAOs issued during the pandemic.
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Andrea Kott will moderate a panel discussion with Chief Judge James P. Flannery, Jr. and Judge Thomas More Donnelly along with Anne Kuban to discuss the recent General Administrative Orders enacted since the pandemic.
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Andrea Kott shared insights on attorney/client and insurer/insured privilege as well as attorney work product doctrine in medical malpractice litigation to a group of healthcare and legal professionals at a Chicago-based health system in a recent panel presentation.
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