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DBS Obtains a Defense Verdict in Cook County On February 27, 2025, Michael J. Borree and Mason Kienzle obtained a defense verdict for their client, an internal medicine physician.??The case was tried in the Circuit Court of Cook County before Hon. Preston Jones over February 5 – 27, 2025.??Plaintiff claimed that DBS’ client, along with an emergency medicine physician and neurologist, were medically negligent in the treatment of an acute stroke patient.??The plaintiff arrived in the emergency room of Bolingbrook Hospital on Easter Sunday (April 21, 2019) at approximately 4 pm, and was admitted into the service of the firm’s client at approximately 6 pm.??The emergency room physician called a Stroke Code due to the patient’s lack of sensation on the left side of her body.??A CT scan ruled out a hemorrhagic stroke.?Plaintiff claimed that the three defendant physicians were required to rule out an ischemic stroke and that they were negligent in failing to do so.?An MRI obtained on the following day demonstrated an ischemic stroke.??Plaintiff contended that if an MRI was obtained on the evening of the patient’s presentation, the stroke would have been diagnosed, and tissue plasminogen activator (‘tPA’) would have been given, avoiding the patient’s permanent neurologic deficits.?The firm’s attorneys presented evidence from experts and their client which demonstrated that an MRI was not required to be ordered that evening.?Further, even if the stroke was diagnosed by MRI on the evening in question, it was speculative as to whether tPA would have resulted in resolution of symptoms.??After plaintiff’s attorneys requested $1.2 million during closing arguments, the jury returned a verdict for all defendants in less than 3 hours. Michael Borree Mason Kienzle