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Power Rogers is proud to support HIE Awareness Month and Hope for HIE! Hope for HIE is a non-profit global network for families with children diagnosed with HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy). Each April, it helps coordinate a month-long campaign to promote awareness, education, and support for the HIE community. Hope for HIE’s efforts, driven solely by the hard work of…
Power Rogers Partner Joseph W. Balesteri and Associate Kathryn L. Conway recently secured a $16 million settlement for the family of a newborn child who suffered a stroke at birth in 2008. Evanthia G. gave birth to her son Nickolas in June of 2008. After two hours of labor, Evanthia’s doctor, Lauren Thorpe, MD, chose to use a vacuum extractor…
attorneys Joseph A. Power, Jr., Joseph W. Balesteri, and Kathryn L. Conway secured a $35 million settlement for a child who suffered catastrophic birth injuries. On December 18, 2011, the child’s mother, accompanied by her husband, was admitted to the University of Illinois Medical Center. She was given Pitocin at 7:30 p.m. to induce labor contractions, and doctors began monitoring…
If you or your child was injured during labor or delivery, you may qualify for a birth injury claim seeking compensation for your losses. Consider the following questions, and if you can answer “yes” to them, then you may have a case. However, these claims are best investigated by an experienced birth injury attorney, so be sure to contact an…
Gestational diabetes affects thousands of pregnant women in the United States each year. Not only does the mother have an increased risk for health complications, gestational diabetes creates an increased risk for health issues and birth injuries to her baby. While there are a variety of ways to help treat this type of diabetes, it’s vital for your doctor to…
Birth defects and birth injuries are not one in the same, but many people mistakenly believe they refer to the same conditions and that both are actionable under the law. The Chicago birth injury attorneys at Power Rogers understand the differences between a birth injury and a birth defect. While the two sound similar, they are not when it comes…
For many soon-to-be-mothers, pregnancy can be both a joyous and scary time. There are so many questions that these women have and getting the answers they need can go a long way towards easing the stress involved. Unfortunately, accidents can happen during the pregnancy or during the labor process and if this causes injuries to the baby or the mother,…
One of the greatest joys in life is bringing life into this world. A mother’s number one priority is the health of her child. That should be top priority for caretakers and physicians as well. Unfortunately, however, that is not always that case. One of the dangers prevalent during pregnancies is HELLP Syndrome. Named after Dr. Louis Weinstein in 1982,…
Thomas Siracusa recently obtained court approval for a $23,000,000.00 settlement on behalf of a 34 year-old woman who suffered a stroke following child birth. The settlement is an Illinois record for a birth-related injury to a mother, according to the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. The plaintiff developed a severe form of pre-eclampsia known as HELLP Syndrome during labor with her…
Last month, Devon C. Bruce, a partner at Power Rogers, settled a medical malpractice case in Winnebago County, Illinois on behalf of a brain-damaged infant. The minor Plaintiff was born at 25.5 weeks at Rockford Memorial Hospital. At 11 days of life, the plaintiff contracted three blood borne infections. Tragically, the infant suffered a hypoxic event as a result of…