Adrian Edward Harless

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Shareholder

  Firm Name

  Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen Professional Corporation
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Significant Cases
  Braucher v. Swagat 702 F.Supp.2d 1032 (2010) Legionnaire's disease case againsthotel operator. L
  v. M Trial of podiatry malpractice class action. Balding v. T 2013 IL App 121030-U
  Downey v. D 384 Ill.App.3d 350 (2008)
  Cothren v. T 356 Ill.App.3d 279 (2005)
  Warren v. B 325 Ill.App.3d 599 (2001)
  Hitt v. S 285 Ill.App.3d 713 (1996)
  Miller v. ADM 261 Ill.App.3d 872 (1994)
  Roach v. Springfield Clinic 157 Ill. 2d 29 (1993) In a Medical Studies Act case, the Supreme Court held that the peer-review evidentiary privilege did not apply to information that chief of anesthesiology obtained from nursing supervisor. The Court also held that the mere fact that juror's wife was patient of defendant doctor did not establish juror bias. The Doctor's discussions with the nurse had nothing to do with any physician peer-review committee. Although the statute may be applicable to certain other types of committees, where the committee is one comprised of the hospital's medical staff, the committee must be involved in the peer-review process before the privilege will attach. The nurse's statements were not information of any committee, peer-review or otherwise. Weber v. C 253 Ill.App.3d 509 (1993)
  National Bank of Bloomington v. Westinghouse 235 Ill. App. 3d 697 (4th Dist. 1992) Manufacturer does not have duty to warn of obvious defect. Daly v. C 210 Ill.App.3d 19 (1991)
  Garl
  v. K 209 Ill.App.3d 30 (1991)
  Engel v. St. Mary's 198 Ill.App.3d 174 (1990)
  Cramsey v. K 191 Ill.App.3d 756 (1989)
  Skinner v. G 170 Ill.App.3d 417 (1988)
  Dunavan v. C 167 Ill.App.3d 952 (1988)
  Monier v. W 158 Ill. App. 3d 724 (1987) Foundation for admission of medical records into evidence. Tobias v. W 156 Ill.App.3d 886 (1987)
  Owen v. C 113 Ill. 2d 273 (1986), Application of innocent construction rule in defamation case.