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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,…
Attorney Devon Bruce of Power Rogers has filed a class action lawsuit that accuses Cynosure of false advertising relating to its purported tattoo removal machine Picosure. Cynosure sold the machines to dermatology and tattoo removal practices across the country beginning in 2012 when it was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The complaint alleges that although the company…
Several months ago, it was revealed that a dangerous defect in Takata airbags could cause injury to millions of Americans. A recall was eventually issued by Takata, but for those injured and killed by the defective airbags, the recall came too late. As a result of the injury-causing defects, multiple cases are pending against the airbag manufacturer. Todd Smith, a…
The Stryker Corporation has recalled two of its hip replacement products. The company is facing multiple lawsuits from patients because their devices have caused undue pain and poisoning. The patients believe that Stryker should be held accountable for releasing a product they were not completely sure about into the medical market. The corporation recalled two implants known as the Rejuvenate…
As reported by Civil Justice Magazine, A New Jersey state judge permitted plaintiffs to maintain claims for punitive damages in nine bellweather cases related to injuries caused by the popular NuvaRing contraceptive device. The ruling came in response to a motion for summary judgment filed by Merck & Co. Inc., one of the companies responsible for marketing and manufacturing NuvaRing.…
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 June 8, 2011, the Plaintiff was working as a welder for Parallel Employment Group and was performing welding work at the Unicarriers America Corporation f/k/a Nissan Forklift plant in Marengo, IL. That morning, a supervisory-level Nissan employee gave the Plaintiff a Hornell HNR 900FV welding respirator 9000, which is a type of protective helmet. That evening, after using 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 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…