Douglas B. Keane is an associate at Boggs, Boggs & Bates, LLC. He received his
Bachelor of Science in Law Enforcement and Justice Administration from Western
Illinois University in 2002. Mr. Keane received his J.D. from the Southern
Illinois University School of Law in 2005. During law school he was a member of
Phi Alpha Delta. He also served as a member and an Articles Editor for the Southern
Illinois University Law Journal.
Mr. Keane is licensed to practice in the State of Missouri including the United
States District Courts of the Eastern and Western Districts. He is also licensed to
practice in the state of Illinois. He concentrates his practice in premises liability,
employment and insurance defense.
Mr. Keane has co-authored an article that was published in the November edition
of the Illinois Bar Journal titled "Don't Let the Open-and-Obvious 'Distraction'
Exception Swallow the Rule." The article discusses the history of the Open and
Obvious Doctrine and argues that the distraction exception has been excessively
applied, thus resulting in an impermissible expansion in landowner liability.
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