Doe v. Burke Wise Morissey & Kaveny, LLC

Plaintiff appealed from a circuit court order entered under section 2-615 dismissing his complaint that alleged the defendants, who were his attorneys in an underlying medical malpractice action, violated the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act when they issued a press release and spoke with the media after a successful jury trial. The appellate court reversed and remanded, finding that defendant sufficiently alleged a cause of action under the Act because the information defendants allegedly disclosed was protected by a prior version of the Act. (CUNNINGHAM and DELORT, concurring)