Death of a pedestrian who was clipped by a crane mounted on a truck and run over by its rear tires while crossing North Avenue in Chicago. Tractor-trailer was not properly marked with required flags and placards.

Decedent, a 21 y/o male, was jaywalking across North Avenue when a truck driven by truck driver with a wide load came into contact with  DF when it clipped him with one or more portions of the crane it was hauling which was protruding out from the side of the trailer, causing him to be flipped into the air and  run over by the back tires on the driver’s side of the aforementioned trailer.  Plaintiff alleged the tractor trailer operator was hauling a wide load which was not properly marked with flags and placards and failed to yield to a pedestrian. Co-counsel with James I. Power.

December 4, 2001 a 480-volt electrical panel at the Neiman Marcus store in Northbrook exploded while plaintiff, age 55, was an electrician and testing it. Plaintiff suffered 3rd degree burns over 95% of body resulting in death, survived by wife and 2 adult children. (2008)

R.L. v. Security Services Company (2017)

In December of 2017, Power, Rogers & Smith Attorney James Power secured a $5.05 million dollar verdict on behalf of a legal secretary who was shot in the foot and who witnessed the murder of two of her co-workers, her boss and another lawyer at the firm, by a deranged ex-client. Mr. Power’s client case was consolidated with three other cases brought by the victims and was a part of an overall $33,450,000 verdict obtained on behalf of all plaintiffs in their cases against the private contract security company that allowed the deranged ex-client access to the upper level tenant floors of the building where the plaintiffs worked.

Trucking negligence settlement. On January 7, 2007 the defendant’s semi-tractor trailer driver failed to stop for slowing traffic on southbound I-65 at mile marker 138 in Boone County, IN, and rear-ended the plaintiff’s vehicle. The plaintiff’s husband died and she suffered right radial and ulnar fractures requiring surgical repairs.

Co-counsel with Joseph A. Power, Jr.

Motor vehicle negligence settlement. On July 6, 2006 the defendant’s van driver had a blood alcohol above the legal limit, when he crossed the grassy center median of I-55 in Plainfield Township, and struck the Plaintiff’s decedent’s northbound car head on, causing multiple blunt force trauma resulting in death. She was survived by her husband and 2 adult children.

Co-counsel with Joseph A. Power Jr.

L.S. v. Susan Ruda, et al.

(2016) Medical Malpractice: 58 year old female underwent a total left knee replacement procedure at a suburban hospital. Post procedure arterial insufficiency was not recognized until three days later. L.S. was transferred to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where it was discovered that the popliteal artery and popliteal vein had been transected during the knee replacement surgery. It was too late to repair the damage and an above knee amputation resulted. Co-counsel with Joseph A. Power, Jr.

J.D. v. Undisclosed Hospital

Medical Malpractice: The Plaintiff underwent sinus surgery as a remedy for recurring upper respiratory infections. Plaintiff alleged that the operating physician negligently penetrated the orbit and severed the optic nerve, several muscles and tissue supporting and controlling the Plaintiff’s right eye, resulting in partial blindness, inability to control eye movement, as well as chronic pain.

T. v. Swedish American Hospital, et al.

(2003) Medical Malpractice. The case involved injury to T. who was 18 months old on December 21, 1993 when she underwent a cardiac muscle biopsy that was performed by Dr. Bruce Hecht at Swedish American Hospital in Rockford, Illinois. As a result of the biopsy, T. suffered cardiac arrest leading to hypoxic-ischemic encelphalopathy. The settlement represents a record high settlement in Winnebago County.

H. v. Sinclair Cartage, Inc., et al.

(2007) Automobile/Truck. H., a Protected Person who suffered a traumatic brain injury as a result of a motor vehicle accident. The accident which occurred on April 19, 2006 involved a tractor trailer, driven by Daniel Jorgensen who was employed by Sinclair Cartage, who struck H.’s vehicle at 4th and Virginia Avenue in Gary, Indiana.