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The Seventh Circuit Warns That Appellate Practice Is A Minefield With Traps For The Unwary

January 18, 2022 / CM Reports / Writing and Speaking

by Melinda S. Kollross

The Seventh Circuit’s decision in Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc. v. American Board of Medical Specialties, 15 4th 831 (7th Cir. 2021), is not remarkable for its ruling on the merits of the dispute.

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SIDEBAR – No Chance For A Non-IPI Instruction On The Lost Chance Doctrine In Medical Malpractice Actions After Gretencord-Szobar v. Kokoszka, 2021 IL App (3d) 200015 and Bailey v. Mercy Hospital and Medical Ctr., 2021 IL 126748

January 18, 2022 / CM Reports / Writing and Speaking

by Melinda S. Kollross

In Gretencord-Szobar, 2021 IL App (3d) 200015, this author defended a medical malpractice defense verdict in the Illinois Appellate Court, Third District, against plaintiff’s argument that a new trial should have been ordered because the trial court refused to give a non-IPI jury instruction explaining the lost chance doctrine to the jury.

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CM Report of Recent Decisions – 2021 Volume 4

January 12, 2022 / CM Reports

No Chance For A Non-IPI Instruction On The Lost Chance Doctrine In Medical Malpractice Actions After Gretencord-Szobar v. Kokoszka, 2021 IL App (3d) 200015 and Bailey v. Mercy Hospital and Medical Ctr.

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Court Construes Coverage Denial Based On Policy Conditions As A Rescission

January 6, 2022 / Writing and Speaking

By Don R. Sampen, published, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, January 4, 2022

The 1st District Appellate Court recently held that an insurer’s denial of coverage based on conditions in an automobile policy regarding the truth of the insured’s representations,

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