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Attorneys Joseph A. Power, Jr. and James I. Power Secure $95 Million Verdict

Update: We recently learned that the jury verdict our attorneys secured for our clients was higher than the $85 million reported in the papers. In fact, that the jury awarded Robert Montagano $83,477,464 and Mary Montagano $12 million for a total of $95,477,464. This award was reduced 10% for Robert Montagano’s liability, making the recoverable amount for Robert $75,129,717.60 and…

Attorney Larry Rogers Jr. Secured $6 Million Settlement for Family of Man Killed After Failed Brain Surgery

Power Rogers attorney Larry R. Rogers, Jr. secured a $6 million settlement for the family of Billy Horne who died two days after a failed brain surgery. Horne’s wife, Jeanette Horne sued the neurosurgeon who performed the surgery as well as the hospital, Rush University Medical Center, alleging that the doctor failed to recognize and correct a fatal bleeding issue…

Joseph Power, Jr. & Larry Rogers, Sr. Named to the 2017 ‘Best Lawyers’ List

Founding Partners of Power Rogers Joseph Power, Jr. and Larry Rogers, Sr. have been selected by their peers to the 2017 list of The Best Lawyers in America©. Power, Jr. has received the award every year since 1987, and Roger, Sr. has received the award every year since 2001. The list, which consists of the top 4 percent of lawyers…

What Makes an Injury “Catastrophic”?

While there is no strict legal definition of a catastrophic injury, it generally means a severe injury that leads to either permanent or long-term disfigurement or disability. These types of injuries often include a lifetime of medical treatment, multiple surgeries, and a difficult recovery process. Two main factors to be considered when determining whether or not an injury can be…

Injured? Make Compensation Your New Year’s Resolution

While many individuals make what seem to be simple resolutions on New Year’s Eve, there are countless others whose resolution is to simply not struggle with an injury any longer. At Power Rogers, our firm is dedicated to helping injury victims seek compensation so they no longer have to worry about any financial issues that may have occurred because of…

Power Rogers files suit on behalf of those injured in Megabus accident on downstate Interstate 55

On August 2, a Megabus double decker vehicle carrying 81 passengers struck an overpass pillar on Interstate 55 about 55 miles outside of St. Louis in Illinois killing one passenger and injuring numerous other passengers. Initial statements from the Illinois State Police indicate that the cause of this accident was one of the tires on the bus blowing resulting in…

The Law of Spoliation in Illinois

What exactly is Spoliation? When most people hear the word spoliation, they think of food going rotten. On the contrary, spoliation of evidence is a lesser-known cause of action that provides an injured party with a remedy when the evidence upon which her case relies was destroyed by another person. The Illinois Supreme Court first established this cause of action…