SBH partners Mark Smith and Greta Powell, along with associate Jack Moore, successfully defended two vascular surgeons and their practice. The case involved the management of the 55-year-old patient’s enlarging abdominal aortic aneurysm. The plaintiff voluntarily dismissed one of the surgeons at the beginning of the trial. The plaintiff claimed the remaining defendant inappropriately delayed surgery and missed an opportunity to prevent rupture of the aneurysm. Before surg

SBH partner Patrick O’Connor, alongside Shilpa Patel and Adam Rodriguez from the City of Chicago’s Corporation Counsel, successfully defended a claim made on behalf of a 22-year-old man who died when the vehicle he was riding in drove off an access road, resulting in him drowning in Lake Michigan. The plaintiff claimed the City of Chicago failed to maintain yellow bollards to mark the end of the roadway before it terminated. Plaintiff claimed that the City knew the bollards

Meet Caroline Kernan, a fourth-year associate attorney at SBH. Originally from Belleville, Illinois, Caroline earned her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science from Illinois State University. She went on to receive her Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, graduating cum laude. Caroline is licensed in the State of Illinois and admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Central, and Southern Districts of Illinois. She spec