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After analyzing medical death rate data over an eight-year stretch, patient safety experts from Johns Hopkins have calculated that over 250,000 deaths are caused by medical error each year in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently list respiratory disease – responsible for nearly 150,000 deaths each year – as the third leading cause of death…
Although legal matters may be the last thing on your mind after the loss of a loved one, if the death was caused by someone else’s negligence, you need to know what options you have. A number of factors must be considered in wrongful death claims. At Power Rogers, our Chicago wrongful death attorneys understand the elements of a wrongful…
If you lost someone you love as a result of someone else’s negligent actions, you may be able to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the responsible party. Before you do, though, it is important to determine if you qualify to file a claim. Illinois has specific laws relating to wrongful death claims and making sure you understand the restrictions…
Recently, Power Rogers attorneys Larry Rogers, Sr., Larry Rogers, Jr. and Kathryn Conway reached a settlement agreement with Advocate in a medical malpractice case involving the death of a 46 year-old woman, wife, and mother of two. The Plaintiff maintained that when his wife arrived at Advocate’s Emergency Room complaining of pain associated with sickle cell crisis, the Advocate staff…
Attorney Larry R. Rogers Jr., one of the attorneys representing Bland’s family in their wrongful death suit, commented on Waller County’s attempt to dismiss the case. Waller County officials have filed a motion to dismiss the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Sandra Bland, the young woman who was found dead in jail after authorities placed her in…
Attorneys Thomas Power and Kathryn Conway of Power Rogers recently reached a $4.3 million settlement on behalf of a family who lost their loved one when she was fatally struck by a CTA bus. Some eyewitnesses said that Martha Gonzalez was struck first by a car in Pilsen (that car fled the scene) and subsequently by the CTA bus, but…
On July 10, Sandra Bland was pulled over by a Texas Department of Safety Trooper for failure to signal a lane change. Matters quickly escalated, bland was arrested, and three days later, she was found dead in a Waller County jail cell. Bland’s family has retained Attorney Larry Rogers Jr. of Power Rogers as co-counsel in a wrongful death lawsuit…
Just over two years since the devastating Megabus crash that occurred in Litchfield, Illinois, the litigation on behalf of the injured passengers continues. The personal injury attorneys at Power Rogers represent several of the passengers who were on board the St. Louis-bound charter, including the one fatality that occurred. On August 2, 2012, a Megabus traveling toward St. Louis veered…
A $5.5 Million settlement has been reached in a case involving the October 11, 2011 death of a 60 year-old woman. The family of the Decedent was represented by Larry R. Rogers, Jr. and Kathryn L. Conway of Power Rogers. The Decedent was operating her motorized wheelchair in the southbound crosswalk of Wells Street at Pershing Road, when a truck…
On November 12, 2012, a 31 year old mother to be was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in labor with a full-term pregnancy. At 10:30pm that day, the woman’s first child was born via caesarian section. During the C-section, the decedent experienced bleeding which continued post-operatively. The decedent subsequently died on November 13, 2012. The sole survivor of the decedent…