Mealey's (January 19, 2018, 11:00 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — In an unpublished opinion issued Jan. 18, a panel of the Fifth District Illinois Appellate Court affirmed a defense verdict for a doctor in a medical malpractice case after finding that the trial court did not err in declining to issue a missing evidence instruction to the jury and in finding that the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (Robert A. Thompson v. Donald Serot M.D., No. 5-16-0508, Ill. App., 5th Dist., 2018 Ill. App. Unpub. LEXIS 70)....