Douglas Heise

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

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

  Significant Cases
  Defended a physician
  her employer in a case where plaintiff, an inmate at an Illinois Correctional Center, alleged that the defendants were deliberately indifferent to plaintiff's medical needs in relation to a knee injury. Following the injury, plaintiff was ultimately diagnosed with a torn meniscus
  ACL, a fracture of the medial tibial plateau,
  osteroarthrosis,
  had reconstructive knee surgery. Plaintiff alleged that the defendant doctor was deliberately indifferent to his medical needs in her treatment of his knee,
  that the doctor's employer was deliberately indifferent through its official policy of treating such injuries. Following a three-day jury trial, the jury found in favor of the defendants. City of Belleville v. Doe by Doe 523 U.S. 1001 (1998) Whether same sex harassment is actionable under Title 7. Longstreet v. Cottrell 374 Ill. App. 3d 549 (5th Dist. 2007) The estate of a deceased party cannot introduce the discovery deposition of the deceased party at trial as an exception to the hearsay rule. Steelman v. City of Collinsville 319 Ill. App. 3d 1131 (5th Dist. 2001) The IRS's seizure of funds being held by a municipal police department did not constitute a conversion of those funds by the department. T.H.E. Insurance v. City of Alton 277 F.3d 802 (7th Cir. 2000) Whether a certificate of insurance can modify the language contained in the policy of insurance. City of East St. Louis v. Circuit Court for the 20th Judicial Circuit, St. Clair County, IL 986 F.2d 1142 (7th Cir. 1998) The federal district court properly entered Rule 11 sanctions against plaintiff's counsel for bringing suit against a judicial circuit.