Legal Opinion
Sullivan v. Cheshier
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 28, 1994No. 93 C 0047PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MODIFIED ON RECONSIDERATION FEBRUARY 23, 1991
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ZAGEL, District Judge.
John W. Sullivan and Susan R. Sullivan married and had five children, the fourth is Kathleen Sullivan who, as an adult, consulted a psychologist, William Lesley Cheshier, Under ' hypnosis she remembered sexual abuse by an older sibling and, later, in the presence of the psychologist she told this to her parents. Estrangement followed, and the Sullivans sue the psychologist for causing it. 1 The case was filed under seal but both sides concurred with the lifting of the seal.
Dr. Cheshier, who received…
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