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Power Rogers is pleased to announce that four of our attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the latest edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Considered one of the legal industry’s top honors, selection to Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review. This means attorneys who make the final list have earned widespread respect among their colleagues and exemplify the highest…
On Wednesday, April 17, 2019, the law firm of Kline & Specter filed a lawsuit against Boeing on behalf of the family of a young woman who was among the 157 passengers killed in the March 10th crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. The 28-year-old woman was a second-year resident physician at East Tennessee State University, and had been traveling…
Four people were injured in a helicopter crash just off Interstate 57 in Chicago’s Fernwood neighborhood on Sunday, July 8. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the air ambulance helicopter crash landed on its belly at about 9:15 p.m. on the grassy median where the interstate splits. Chicago Fire Department Deputy District Chief Walter Schroeder said that the pilot…
An apparent engine failure caused the right side of American Airlines Flight 383 to catch fire on October 28, injuring 20 people. The plane destined for Miami, FL reportedly caught fire as it was taking off from Chicago O’Hare International Airport. So far, eighteen people have filed a lawsuit against Boeing, General Electric, and American Airlines. The plaintiffs allege that…
December 13 will mark the 38th anniversary of the Air Indiana Flight 216 crash that killed 29 people. The 1977 flight was on a Douglas DC-3 and crashed on takeoff from the Evansville Regional Airport. The aircraft was carrying all but one member of the University of Evansville basketball team. According to the National Transportation Safety Board, pilot error was…
The August 2013 Consumer Edition of Leading Lawyers Magazine once again named founding partner Joseph A. Power, Jr. among the top Leading Lawyers in Illinois. In fact, all 8 partners at the law firm of Power Rogers were named Leading Lawyers. Joseph Power was named the Number 1 Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Attorney in Illinois. Similarly, Mr. Power was named the…
On April 18, 2013, the Illinois Supreme Court issued its opinion in Russell v. SNFA, 2013 IL 113909. The State’s highest Court agreed with the Plaintiff’s argument that the Cook County Court hearing the underlying case has jurisdiction over the Defendant-foreign manufacturer. The facts of the underlying case are tragic. The litigation resulted from a helicopter crash that took the…
On May 17, 2010, Pamir Airways flight 1102 crashed in a remote area of the Parwan Province, approximately 20 nautical miles outside of Kabul International Airport. The flight, which had 43 people on board, was traveling from Kunduz in northern Afghanistan to the capital of Kabul. All 43 passengers died when the plane crashed into a mountain while descending for…
Most of us have heard of the “black box” that exists in airplanes, but few of us realize that most vehicles on the road today are equipped with these same devices. Indeed, since the early 1990s, automobile manufacturers, including General Motors and Ford, began installing black boxes or “event data recorders” (EDRs) into their vehicles. EDR is capable of recording…