Springfield partners Joy Syrcle and Joseph Rupcich obtained a defense verdict following a six-day jury trial in the Central District of Illinois. The plaintiff had sued a medical provider and his employer, claiming the provision of medical care to her in an emergency was without consent and constituted battery and medical battery, among other things. Plaintiff presented expert testimony that no emergency existed, which was countered by expert testimony from the Defendants on the exigency of the situation. The jury deliberated approximately one hour before returning a verdict for the defendants on all claims.
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Cassiday Schade is a litigation law firm headquartered in Chicago, with national presence. We focus on providing our clients with expert, efficient representation and act as national or regional counsel for clients facing nationwide exposures. With experience in virtually all areas of civil litigation, we have a diverse client base and our attorneys provide companies of various sizes with extensive trial experience and case preparation acumen. Throughout our history, we have represented companies in a variety of industries, including health and long-term care, insurance, financial services, manufacturing, construction, professional services and transportation. In addition to trial and appellate work, Cassiday Schade also provides clients with the tools they need to analyze and prevent risk before litigation arises.
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- Chicago, IL
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- 1979
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- Appellate; Arbitration/Mediation; Commercial; Construction; Employment; Environmental/Toxic Injury; Family Law; Health Law; Insurance Coverage; Medical Malpractice; Medicare; Product and Professional Liability; Transportation; Worker's Compensation
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Matthew W. Miller, JD, MBA, CEDS
Transportation & Commercial Litigation Attorney/ Legal Technology Enthusiast / Philanthropic Board Member
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James Maruna
Litigation Partner at Cassiday Schade LLP
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John Reid
Equity Partner at Cassiday Schade LLP
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Robin Levin
Partner at Cassiday Schade LLP
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Springfield partner Joseph Rupcich obtained a verdict in a jury trial in which he represented a correctional lieutenant sued by a resident of a county jail after the resident suffered a blowout fracture of his orbital. The plaintiff claimed he required surgery and suffered permanent vision changes. The judge granted a directed verdict against the plaintiff at the close of the evidence.
Favorable Verdict
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Partners Joseph Rupcich and Joy Syrcle tried a civil rights case in the Central District of Illinois April 29 through May 2, 2024. The plaintiff claimed two medical providers did not adequately treat a chronic femur nonunion with a broken intermedullary rod. The plaintiff’s expert said the non-union and rod fracture required immediate CAT scan and surgical intervention. The defendants’ expert said the initial two years of observation with eventual surgical intervention was medically reasonable. The plaintiff’s pretrial settlement demand was $250,000 and he asked the jury to award $1,050,000. The jury found in favor of one defendant and against the other, awarding $20,000.
Trial Victory
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Brian Hickey and Joe Lombardo obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a local diagnostic radiologist and his radiology practice group. Plaintiff asserted medical negligence claims pursuant to the Illinois Wrongful Death Act and the Survival Act in connection with allegations that defendants failed to properly diagnose her late husband’s aortic dissection resulting in his death in 2015. The jury found in favor of Plaintiff and against the co-defendant, a hospital system that employed a doctor of nursing practice in the amount of $2.9 million.
Trial Victory
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Cassiday is proud to have the following attorneys featured as 2024 Super Lawyers. Joseph Giannelli, Michael J. Hennig, Julie Teuscher, Matthew Weller, Marc Benjoya
Super Lawyers
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Cassiday is proud to have the following attorneys featured as 2024 Super Lawyers: Rising Stars. Erin Calandriello, Kathleen Rose-Erickson, Marley Hancock, Justin Kaszuba, John O'Donnell Jr., Daniel Sheroff, John VanDenburgh, Kevin H. Young
Super Lawyers: Rising Stars
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Cassiday congratulates Thomas C. Kallies, Adam McCabe, & Daniel Sheroff on being elected to the Partnership.
New Partners
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Cassiday Partner, John VanDenburgh, and Cassiday Summer Law Clerks, Ryan Day and Olivia Trinks, recently authored an article titled “The Nondelegable Duties of Contractors,” which was published in the 2023 issue of the Indiana Civil Litigation Review.
“The Nondelegable Duties of Contractors,”
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Bernadett DeLise recently won summary judgment for a home health agency and its caregiver in an alleged wrongful death case. The evidence showed that the decedent was mentally sound and capable of making decisions for himself and that he would regularly request the homemaker to drive him to a pool for him to go swimming. However, the homemaker would not regularly stay in the pool with the decedent. The Circuit Court agreed with the argument that the home health agency and homemaker did not owe the decedent a duty of care to prevent his accidental drowning while swimming and granted summary judgment for the defendants.
Summary Judgment Victory
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Jackie Hill recently won a motion for summary judgment on behalf of a defendant hospital in a premises liability lawsuit. Plaintiff alleged he fell after slipping on water in a guest bathroom at the hospital. Plaintiff claimed the water spill was caused by a broken bathroom sink and that the hospital had constructive notice of the broken sink and spill. The Court ultimately agreed with the Defendant that there was no evidence as to how long water may have been present on the floors below the bathroom or that the presence of water on floors below meant the sink was broken for any set period of time.
Summary Judgment Victory
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