When We Fight, We Fight To Win

Legal News

Power Rogers Assists Philadelphia Firm with Boeing Lawsuit Over Ethiopian Airlines Crash

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…

Mother Sues City of Chicago Over Son’s Death in Crash, Represented by Attorney Larry R. Rogers, Jr.

Power Rogers attorney Larry R. Rogers, Jr. is representing Bonita Cowan, the mother of Antonio Cowan who was killed in a car crash that involved a car being pursued at high speed by the police. Antonio was a passenger in the car on October 1 near the intersection of South Loomis Boulevard and 69th Street when Chicago police officers were…

Power Rogers Earns Top Spot on the Chicago Lawyer Settlements Report for 9th Consecutive Year

Power Rogers is proud to announce that our firm has secured the number one spot on the Chicago Lawyer Settlements Report for an unprecedented ninth year in a row. Our attorneys secured nearly $205 million in settlements for 24 clients in the past year, a 25 percent increase from our number one spot-earning $164 million last year. Our firm’s latest…

Power Rogers Attorneys Earn Spot on The National Law Journal’s list of the 50 Largest Verdicts in 2017

We are proud to announce that Power Rogers attorneys Joseph A. Power, Jr. and James I. Power earned a spot on The National Law Journal’s list of the 50 Largest Verdicts in 2017 for securing a $95,477,464 jury award in the case of Robert Montagano, et al. v. Metal-Matic, Inc., et al., No. 2014 L 8096, Ill. Cir. Cook Co.…

Joseph Power Selected to the List of the Top 10 Leading Lawyers in Illinois

We are excited to announce that Joseph A. Power, Jr. was selected to the list of the Top 10 Leading Lawyers in the state. This list includes lawyers from every practice area – Joe earned the number two spot, only behind a corporate business litigator. You can read more about this incredible honor in our press release. At Power Rogers,…

Chicago Sun-Times Reports: City’s Settlement with Bettie Jones Estate is $16 Million

attorneys Larry Rogers, Jr. and Jonathan Thomas secured a $16 million settlement with the City of Chicago for the estate of Bettie Jones, an innocent bystander who was shot and killed by a police officer in 2015. “While no amount of money can ever compensate Bettie Jones’ family for the loss of their mother, we fought for and the City…

Product Manufacturer and Hospitals Knew About the Risks but Still Exposed Patients to Deadly Infection

According to reports from the FDA and CDC, certain Heater-Cooler Devices, which are machines used to regulate a patient’s body temperature during open heart surgery, are contaminated with a deadly and invasive form of bacteria, Mycobacterium Chimaera. It has recently been discovered that contaminated machines were used during open-heart surgeries in the Chicagoland area. The use of this machine during…

Honda and Nissan Agree to $702.7 Million Class Settlement

Honda and Nissan recently came to an agreement with consumers in order to compensate the tens of millions of vehicle owners for money lost because of the massive Takata airbag recall. U.S. District Judge Federico A. Moreno approved the $702.7 million settlement on Wednesday, March 7 – Honda will pay $605 million in its settlement, and Nissan will pay $97.7…

Attorneys Joseph A. Power, Jr., Larry R. Rogers, Jr., and James I. Power Secure $33.4 Million Verdict

Power Rogers attorneys Joseph A. Power, Jr., Larry R. Rogers, Jr., and James I. Power recently secured a $33.4 million combined verdict for the victims of a shooting that occurred in 2006. Back in 2002, Joseph Jackson hired a patent attorney, Michael McKenna, to help him look into obtaining a patent for a portable toilet. While looking into whether or…

Judge Orders Trump Illinois Finance Chairman and Multi-Millionaire Ron Gidwitz and His Family to Pay $5.7 Million in Damages

Earlier this year, Ron Gidwitz, James “Jim” Gidwitz, Nancy Gidwitz, Ralph Gidwitz, Betsy Gidwitz, Peter Gidwitz, Thomas Gidwitz and the Alan Gidwitz Trust (collectively “the Gidwitz Family”) was ordered by a Cook County judge to pay their former attorneys $5.7 million in unpaid legal fees. Judge Patrick Foran Lustig ruled President Donald Trump’s Illinois finance committee Chairman, Ron Gidwitz, and…