Carolyn S. Daley is a Partner with Power Rogers LLP. Ms. Daley joined Power Rogers in 2006 and concentrates her practice in all areas of personal injury, wrongful death matters, including medical malpractice, motor vehicle accidents, trucking negligence, sexual abuse and assault, products liability, premises liability, bicycle collisions, aviation accidents, and defamation. Ms. Daley also prosecutes false claims act cases, commonly known as “whistleblower,” actions for fraud committed against the United States, State of Illinois, and City of Chicago.
Ms. Daley received her bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University in 2002 where she focused her studies on psychology and government. She attended law school at DePaul University College of Law, receiving her juris doctorate in 2006. Ms. Daley has continued her commitment to Georgetown since her graduation serving as an alumni interviewer for the interviews required of all applicants to the University. She also has served as the Georgetown Scholars Program Chair for the Chicago region providing support to first generation students as they navigate through elite higher education. The mission of GSP is to work towards a more equitable college experience for first-generation and low-income college students.
In addition to her dedication to justice for her clients, Ms. Daley also devotes her time to Special Children’s Charities. She currently serves on the Board of Directors and was President of the Board of Directors from 2020 through 2022. Special Children’s Charities develops and funds a wide range of recreational, educational, and social activities that encourage physical and mental health for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the City of Chicago. In 2022, the charity partnered with City Colleges and Anixter Center to found the After 22 Program which provides education and job training support to adults with intellectual disabilities beyond the age of 22.
Ms. Daley also serves on the Board of Directors for the Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center. ChicagoCAC is the city’s only not-for-profit organization that coordinates the efforts of child protection staff, law enforcement professionals, family advocates, medical experts, and mental health clinicians under one roof to respond to reports of child sexual abuse, physical abuse, witness to violence, and other serious maltreatment and trauma. The services provided by ChicagoCAC are aimed at reducing trauma so that children and families may begin the healing process.
Ms. Daley recently joined the Advisory Board of Achilles International. Achilles International is a global organization operating in 18 countries, including the US, to transform the lives of people with disabilities through athletic programs and social connection. Achilles programs focus on running, with programs including the Achilles Freedom Team serving wounded military personnel and veterans; Achilles Kids which provides training, race opportunities, and an in-school program for children with disabilities; the TriAchilles Team which expands our running program into biking and swimming; Achilles Chapter workouts; and, their signature Hope & Possibility race which takes place in several cities worldwide. In addition to the Advisory Board, Ms. Daley is a guide/support runner for follow Achilles Board Member and Achilles Freedom Team Athlete, U.S. Army Master Sergeant Cedric King, who had both of his legs amputated as a result of an IED explosion while serving in Afghanistan.
Ms. Daley is a lifelong Chicagoan who enjoys spending time with her two sons and their two dogs.
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Professional Memberships
Ms. Daley is an active member of various professional organizations, including the Chicago Bar Association, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, American Bar Association, Women’s Bar Association of Illinois, Illinois State Bar Association, and the American Association for Justice. Ms. Daley is active in the Women’s Trial Lawyer Caucus with the American Association for Justice, advocating for victims’ rights across the nation. Ms. Daley has previously served as an officer in the Qui Tam Litigation Group and the Protecting First Responders Litigation Group in the American Association for Justice.
Since being appointed in 2018 by the Illinois Supreme Court, Ms. Daley has served on the Illinois Supreme Court Board of Admissions to the Bar, Committee on Character and Fitness. The Committee on Character and Fitness makes recommendations to the Board of Admissions to the Bar regarding whether an applicant possesses the requisite character and fitness for admission to the practice of law. She has also served on the Chicago Bar Association’s Judicial Evaluation Committee since 2013. The Judicial Evaluation Committee conducts evaluations of candidates for judicial offices and sitting judges seeking retention within Cook County. As a service to the public, the Chicago Bar Association reports these findings and recommendations to the public for all elections.
Results
R.C. and L.C. v. Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and Dr. Stephanie Kielb.
Power Rogers attorney Carolyn Daley secured a $10,455,566 verdict for their clients in a medical malpractice case. The case involved Dr. Kielb and Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s failure to properly diagnose R.C.’s incontinence, then negligently placing retropubic mesh and sling. The sling was removed months later, but R.C. continued to have pain and burning sensations in her pelvic region due to muscle and nerve damage. After a 2.5 week trial, the jury returned a verdict of $10,455,566.16, which was 5x more than Dr. Kielb and Northwestern’s pretrial offer.
R.C. and L.C. v. Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and Dr. Stephanie Kielb.
Medical malpractice verdict. Ms. Daley secured a $10,455,566 verdict for her clients in a medical malpractice case. The case involved Dr. Kielb and Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s failure to properly diagnose R.C.’s incontinence, then negligently placing retropubic mesh and sling. The sling was removed months later, but R.C. continued to have pain and burning sensations in her pelvic region due to muscle and nerve damage. After a 2.5 week trial, the jury returned a verdict of $10,455,566.16, which was 5x more than Dr. Kielb and Northwestern’s pretrial offer.
Calbert v. Advocate Healthcare, et al
Medical malpractice verdict. Our client, C. Calbert, visited Advocate South Suburban Hospital because he had diarrhea for several days. Eleven days later, he was taken into surgery. To compensate for the drop in blood pressure he was experiencing, the patient was administered Levophed, a vasopressor medication. After surgery, he was instructed to slowly be taken off Levophed and switched to Neosynephrine, but only if his blood pressure dropped below 100. According to the plaintiffs, in the days immediately following his surgery, the ICU nurses did not perform the necessary testing on the arterial line – the line being used to monitor blood pressure. Because they were not testing the correct lien, there was a false read of low blood pressure. Because they detected low blood pressure, the staff gave the patient maximum doses of vasopressors, which he did not actually need. The overdose ultimately caused ischemia that necessitating amputation of his left arm and all of his toes.
Co-counsel with Larry R. Rogers, Sr., and Larry R. Rogers, Jr.
D.W., Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of C.A, deceased v. Apex Mortgage Corporation
Wrongful death/premises liability settlement. This cause of action arose from the injuries and subsequent death of C.A., a 34 year old City of Chicago Firefighter, resulting from a building collapse at 1738-1744 E. 75th Street in the City of Chicago on December 22, 2010. The Property was purchased by Defendants CHUCK DAI and RICHARD DAI and Defendant APEX MORTGAGE CORP., held the Mortgage Security Agreement for the Property. In 2008, the mortgage on the Property was in default and APEX MORTGAGE CORP. began discussions with the Dais to accept a deed in lieu of foreclosure. After receiving the signed deed in lieu of foreclosure documents from the Dais, Apex hired a real estate broker to assess the Property, change the locks, clean out the Property, and board up the Property. Upon inspection, the real estate broker determined that the Property was in poor condition. Apex subsequently made a Property loss claim with its insurance company that it had force placed insurance for a partial roof collapse. The Property loss claim was subsequently denied and Apex was provided with an engineer’s report of the Property from the insurance company which stated that the condition of the roof was a result of chronic lack of maintenance and total rotting having occurred of the roof beams. Throughout this time period, Apex was a defendant in a City of Chicago Housing Court case for the Property and was aware of the numerous code violations, including structural concerns with the roof and the walls at the Property. On December 22, 2010, at about 6:52am, a small rubbish fire occurred in the Property and the Chicago Fire Department responded. Firefighters, including C.A., forced entry into the Property to determine there were people inside the Property. While inside the Property, the east wall failed causing a total collapse of the timber truss roof onto firefighters, including C.A. As a result of the collapse of the timber truss roof, C.A. suffered severe and permanent injuries resulting in his death on December 22, 2010.
Plaintiff alleged that Apex had taken possession and control of the Property beginning in 2008. Apex was aware of the severe and dangerous structural problems and code violations at the Property, but it failed to do anything to remedy any of the conditions at the Property putting every person who walked into the Property in harm’s way, including Firefighter C.A. on December 22, 2010.
Firefighter C.A. left surviving him his wife, D.W., and their son, who was one years old at the time of C.A.’s death.
Co-counsel with Joseph A. Power, Jr.
Premises liability settlement. On May 13, 2019. a fire broke out in a four-story, multi-unit apartment building. Plaintiff was asleep in her apartment on the fourth floor, then awoke to fire and smoke in her apartment around 8:40am. While attempting to leave her apartment to escape the fire, she suffered second degree burns to 20% of her body, including her head, neck, back, forearms, upper arms, and her abdomen. She was hospitalized for treatment, including skin grafting, then received outpatient physical therapy. She has permanent scarring and hyperpigmentation which will require future care and treatment. She also continues to suffer pain and emotional distress. There were no working smoke detectors on the third and fourth floors in the building where Plaintiff was renting the apartment. The defendants were responsible for maintaining the smoke detectors/fire alarms in the common areas of the building and were required to provide tenants with a working smoke detector at the time they moved into their apartment.
 
                        