WESLY v. NAT. HEMOPHILIA FOUNDATION

Appeal No. 3-16-0382.

77 N.E.3d 746 (2017)

2017 IL App (3d) 160382

Osvaldo H. WESLY, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The NATIONAL HEMOPHILIA FOUNDATION; Craig M. Kessler, M.D.; Georgetown University; Michael Tarantino, M.D.; Kollet Koulianos; the Bleeding and Clotting Disorders Institute, an Illinois Not-For-Profit Corporation; Bob Robinson; Bleeding Disorders Alliance Illinois, an Illinois Not-For-Profit Corporation; Danielle Baxter; Great Lakes Hemophilia Foundation, Inc., a Wisconsin Corporation; and Kathryn Reese-Kossow, Defendants (Georgetown University, Defendant-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

Opinion filed May 4, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah E. Flotte and Daniel A. Kaufman , of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, of Chicago, for appellant.

Timothy J. Rigby , of Hart Southworth & Witsman, of Springfield, and Gretchen L. Schmidt , Laura A. Kenneally , Olivia L. Bedi , and Paul K. Vickrey , of Niro Law, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellee.


OPINION

¶ 1 On September 18, 2015, the plaintiff, Osvaldo H. Wesly, M.D., filed a defamation action against Craig M. Kessler, M.D., and Georgetown University, together with various other defendants, including the National Hemophilia Foundation, Michael Tarantino, M...

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