Wrongful death and abuse settlement.  The plaintiff’s son was a disabled adult who resided at a residential facility. He required assistance in his daily activities, including eating and dressing, a wheelchair for mobility, and 24-hour monitoring and supervision. On April 5, 2020, he experienced stomach pain, vomiting, and refused to eat any food. His condition worsened that day and the next. In the evening of April 6, he was found unresponsive and not breathing. Emergency responders were unable to save him. His cause of death was determined to be due to an intestinal obstruction as a result of ingestion of a small ball. It was alleged that the residential facility failed to properly monitor and supervise him allowing him to have access to the ball that he ingested.  It was further alleged they failed to appropriately respond to his medical condition.

Co-counsel with Larry R. Rogers, Jr.

Decedent with a history of atrial fibrillation on prescription Eloquis underwent a surveillance colonoscopy on June 20, 2016 and was discharged.  Post-operative day 1, she had evidence of bleeding and the next day she returned with complaints of rectal bleeding  She was noted to have prematurely restarted her eloquis.  She was stabilized and was again discharged. On June 24, 2016, she represented to the emergency room at a Chicago hospital with bright red rectal bleeding and lightheadedness and was found to be hypotensive with a hemoglobin level on 7.1 →6.3.  Blood transfusions were administered, a repeat colonoscopy was performed on June 25, 2016 which found that the bleeding to be from the polypectomy bed.  Three clips were placed, however she course was further complicated by a troponin leak secondary to strain and atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response in the setting of anemia due to recent GI bleed post-colonoscopy.  She  developed heart failure, cardiogenic shock, asystole and ultimately died on June 27, 2016.

Pltf. underwent removal and replacement of a recalled cardiac device at Chicagoland Teaching Center.  On the same day and before he left the hospital premises, he reported a problem with the device and/or its home monitoring system to his healthcare providers.  The following day, he collapsed at home and was taken by ambulance to St. Bernard Hospital, where he was treated but succumbed to his injuries and died

Plaintiff was struck by a commercial vehicle while operating his bicycle and attempting to cross a street in his neighborhood. He suffered a degloving injury to his right hand that required multiple surgeries. Paid by confidential corporation. Judge Brendan O’Brien helped settle the case via pre-trial conference.

Decedent’s treating physician ordered decedent to undergo an EKG and on October 7, 2016 the EKG was in fact abnormal with ST & T wave abnormalities. The clinician misdiagnosed and misinterpreted the EKG as indeterminate.   The abnormal EKG results of the type resulted on October 7, 2016 need to be followed up on with an immediate and urgent cardiac work-up to include a stress test and evaluation by a cardiologist on an emergency basis.  Defendant did not offer an emergency work-up of the abnormal EKG and LG died on October 12, 2016. 

D.G. v. A.H.H.C. & M.O.

Larry Rogers, Jr. and James Power secured a $1,250,000.00 settlement on behalf of a family who’s mother passed away following her doctor’s failure to recognize a cardiac condition following orthopedic surgery.

B.S. v. Confidential Defendant (2021)

James Power secured a $1,250,000.00 on behalf of his client who slipped and fell while shopping for groceries. Plaintiff, a 65 year old female, was shopping for produce when he tripped over a floor mat that had been rolled up and placed under the produce stand for storage while the floors were being cleaned. Plaintiff suffered a non-displaced fracture of her right femoral neck which required surgery.

S. R. v. Patricia Duffy

Automobile Negligence: The minor plaintiff was injured by a left-turning vehicle when struck in a marked crosswalk, sustaining road rash injuries to her back, left scalp, and ear, resulting in permanent scarring. Defendant-driver’s insurance paid its entire policy after Plaintiff’s deposition.

Settlement: $1,250,000.00

(2016 – LaSalle County)
City of Marseilles v. Ingram Barge

Maritime/Property Damage: The City of Marseilles, Illinois suffered severe flood damage after barges owned and operated by Ingram Barge Company allided with the Marseilles dam on the Illinois River, adjacent to the City center, which impeded the flow of water through the dam and caused significant flood damage to sewer, roads, and other City property.

City of Marseilles v. Ingram Barge Company, 13 cv 3453 (2016 – Cook County)

Maritime: The City of Marseilles experienced significant property damage after the tow of Ingram Barge Company’s vessel, the Dale A. Heller, allided with the Marseilles dam and canal wall. Claimant the City of Marseilles alleged that the Heller should not have been in a position where it was unable to tie up its tow during high water in light of the weather forecasts that had been publicly available for days leading up to the allision, and that the allision caused the flood event. Ingram Barge Company argued that its vessel acted reasonably in light of specific river stage hydrographs and that the flood event was not the result of extreme rainfall.