Tom Wilson received a defense verdict in a recent two-week trial in Fulton County, Illinois. The plaintiff in the case had sued a drilling contractor and its owner, a local telephone company, and Ameren over a gas explosion at his chiropractic office. The jury found Ameren (HeplerBroom’s client) and the telephone company were not liable.

Wilson, a partner in the firm’s Springfield office, focuses his legal practice on defending medical malpractice cases, as well as employers and government officers and employees in employment and civil rights claims. In addition, he has defended a wide variety of industry leaders and businesses in general tort claims. He is rated an AV Preeminent Attorney by Martindale-Hubbell and has been named both an Illinois Leading Lawyer and an Illinois Super Lawyer.