⚖ Oral Arguments, with Context

The Seventh Circuit hears an appeal by Evan and Michelle Beine after their lawsuit against a hospital and medical providers was dismissed as too late. In 2020, they brought their infant to the hospital with a broken leg. Staff reported suspected child abuse; Evan was arrested, and the parents’ contact with their child was restricted. The parents say later medical reviews showed a bone condition could explain findings that had been attributed to abuse. They sued in 2025, alleging that the medical assessments had wrongly led to family separation and other harm. The district court said a three-year filing period had already expired because they knew of their injury and its source by early 2021. The parents will argue that later discoveries matter and that dismissal was premature before the facts could be developed. The defendants will argue that the parents already knew enough to sue well before those later medical reviews. Listen for the difference between knowing that you have been harmed and obtaining medical evidence to support a lawsuit.

Evan Beine v. Children's Hospital and Health (No. 26-1233) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, argued November 9, 2026.