Bonnie Jo Beavan

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Moore v. Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, 236 F. Supp. 2d 509 (D. Md. 2002). Prescription Diet Drug Litigation: On removal of a state-court-filed action against a diet drug manufacturer
  a pharmacy, the federal district court confirmed that a defendant who is fraudulently joined to a lawsuit does not need to consent to removal of the action from state court to federal court. The federal district court granted the client's (defendant manufacturer's) motion to defer ruling on plaintiffs' motion to rem
  
  granted client's motion to stay pre-trial proceedings pending transfer of the action to the Multidistrict Litigation court.
  Turner v. Forestvilla, Inc., et al., Superior Court of the District of Columbia (1993). Negligence
  Negligent Supervision Action: Trial court granted client's motion to dismiss on the grounds of lack of personal jurisdiction
  forum non conveniens. Suit was later refiled in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryl
  , where all claims against Goodell DeVries' client were also dismissed.
  Liverpool v. Georgetown University Hospital, et al., Superior Court of the District of Columbia (1992). Medical Malpractice Action: Trial court granted defendants' (clients') motion for summary judgment
  request for dismissal based upon lack of sufficient expert testimony
  plaintiffs' discovery failures.
  Sims v. Litofsky, Circuit Court for Prince George's County, Maryl
  (1991). Defense verdict for client, a neurosurgeon, accused of medical malpractice resulting in plaintiff's permanent paralysis.
  Farwell v. Un, 902 F.2d 282 (4th Cir. 1990). Medical Malpractice Action: Appellate court affirmed trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of client, a psychiatrist, whose patient committed suicide the day after an office visit.