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According to a new survey by researchers Sarah Joo, Michael Daniel, Tim Xu MPP, and Martin A. Makary M.D. from Johns Hopkins Medicine, medical errors should rank as the third leading cause of death in the U.S. Based on analyses of prior research, their study estimates that more than 250,000 deaths are caused by medical errors each year. That would…
Carolyn Daley Scott and Brian LaCien of Power Rogers were involved in the filing of a complaint in the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division seeking nationwide class action status to represent 500,000 estimated individuals across the country who may have been defrauded by Volkswagen Group of America. Brian and Kristen Hellweg, whom the complaint was filed on behalf of,…
On October 1, 2013 Chicago Lawyer Magazine released the results of its 2013 Annual Settlement Survey. The Annual Survey is based on a compilation of the settlements reported to the Jury Verdict Reporter from July 2012 through June 2013 that equal or exceed $2 Million. The 2013 Settlement Survey included 107 settlements totaling $518 million. Of those, Power Rogers settled…
A Chicago man suffered multiple injuries after five hoist cables broke, causing the elevator in which he was riding to free-fall and crash. The incident occurred on July 5, 2006 at a Chicago Transit Authority rail station. The plaintiff, working as a janitor, entered the elevator at mezzanine level to inspect and clean the car as he rode up to…
On February 22, 2008, a Chicago-area man was injured when his legs were crushed in a paper baler, a massive piece of industrial equipment used to compact large quantities of paper. The injury occurred when the Plaintiff, who was employed by a cleaning company as a janitor, recognized that the baler was jammed and entered a chute, which fed the…
On August 2, 2012, a Megabus carrying 81 passengers from Chicago to St. Louis slammed into a concrete bridge support pillar about 55 miles northeast of St. Louis. Forty-seven people were injured in the crash and one passenger died as a result of her injuries. The cause of the crash is being investigated, but early reports suggest that a blown…
Chicago attorney Sean M. Houlihan of Power Rogers recently published an article entitled Institutional Liability in the Medical Malpractice Trial Notebook for the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Houlihan described the origin of institutional liability, the plaintiff’s burden of proof in an institutional negligence case, and institutional liability based on the theory of agency. Below are the key points of…