WESLY v. NAT. HEMOPHILIA FOUNDATION

Appeal No. 3-17-0569.

148 N.E.3d 221 (2020)

439 Ill.Dec. 481

2020 IL App (3d) 170569

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, and Bleeding Disorders Alliance Illinois, an Illinois Not-for-Profit Corporation, Defendants. (Craig M. Kessler, M.D., Defendant-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

Opinion filed March 9, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin W. Doherty and Ryan A. Danahey , of Doherty & Progar LLC, of Chicago, for appellant.

Paul R. Vickrey and Gretchen L. Schmidt , of Vitale, Vickrey, Niro & Gasey LLP, of Chicago, and Timothy J. Rigby , of Hart, Southworth & Witsman, of Springfield, for appellee.


OPINION

¶ 1 Plaintiff, Osvaldo H. Wesly, M.D., filed a defamation complaint in Peoria County against defendant, Craig M. Kessler, M.D., and several others. Kessler, who lives and works in the Washington, D.C., area, filed a motion to dismiss plaintiff's complaint...

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