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Power, Rogers & Smith: Our Success Record
After dozens of years representing clients in various personal injury matters under Illinois accident law,
Power, Rogers & Smith lawyers have built a reputation by recovering significant personal injury settlements
and verdicts.
Power, Rogers & Smith's attorneys have won many a personal injury settlement. Verdicts are also something
we go after, as we are first and foremost Chicago trial attorneys. Our trial experience not only helps us
in the courtroom but around the negotiating table as well. As our personal injury settlements and verdicts
demonstrate, our lawyers are very adept at navigating Illinois accident law.
Some of our successes have included recovering $100 million in a wrongful death suit under Illinois
accident law. This recovery was the largest personal injury award for a single family in Illinois. We
have recovered large multi-million personal injury settlement and verdicts in other types of cases such
as medical malpractice, product liability, brain injury as well as others. When necessary we will settle
and when it is better to try the case, unlike other Illinois law firms, we will go to court. We ready
ourselves for court from the first moment we get the case, building a sophisticated case and argument.
Our trial experience, skills and strategies give our clients the best possible chance to recover.
Our law firm has recovered multi-million dollar personal injury settlements and verdicts under Illinois
accident law. Whether a physician negligence settlement or a verdict against a hospital, our team of skilled,
personal injury lawyers will always puts all of our resources and energy into fighting each and every case
for our clients. And whether a physician negligence settlement or a verdict against a hospital we always
seek maximum recovery allowable under Illinois accident law.
Listed below are a few of our significant victories.
$100M - Settlement
Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Larry R. Rogers, Jr., Co-Counsel
Wrongful Death
Illinois' largest personal injury award for a single family
$55.4M - Verdict
Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Larry R. Rogers, Sr., Co-Counsel
Medical Malpractice, Brain Injury
Record Setting Verdict
Offer Before Trial: $13,500,000.00*
Offer During Trial: $10,500,000.00*
$39.9M - Settlement
Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Wrongful Death
$27M - Verdict
Larry R. Rogers, Sr.
Product Liability
Offer: $350,000.00
Record Settlement in Illinois
$21M - Settlement
Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Brain Injury
$20M - Settlement
Todd A. Smith, Lead Counsel
Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel
Medical Malpractice
$19.2M - Settlement
Thomas G. Siracusa, Lead Counsel
Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel
Medical Malpractice
$18.5M - Verdict
Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Wrongful Death, Motor Vehicle Negligence
$18M - Settlement
Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Larry R. Rogers, Sr., Co-Counsel
Medical Malpractice, Failure to Diagnose
$17.2M - Settlement
Todd A. Smith, Lead Counsel
Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel
Medical Malpractice
$17M - Settlement
Todd A. Smith, Lead Counsel
Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel
Medical Malpractice
$14.2M - Verdict
Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Wrongful Death
Reduced 35% for decedent contributing negligence: $9,250,000.00*
Offer During Trial: $2,500,000.00*
Offer Before Trial: $1,500,000.00*
$13.5M - Verdict
Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Larry R. Rogers, Jr., Co-Counsel
Motor Vehicle Negligence
Reduced 20% for decedent contributing negligence: $10,800,000.00*
Offer During Trial: $500,000.00*
Offer Before Trial: $300,000.00*
$12.5M - Settlement
Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Larry R. Rogers, Jr., Co-Counsel
Wrongful Death, Hospital Negligence
$12.2M - Settlement
Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel
Medical Malpractice, Failure to Diagnose
$12M - Settlement
Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel
Medical Malpractice
$11.9M - Verdict
Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Larry R. Rogers, Sr., Co-Counsel
Medical Malpractice
Offer During Trial: $1,600,000.00*
Offer Before Trial: $1,000,000.00*
$11.5M - Settlement
Todd A. Smith, Lead Counsel
Aviation, Product Liability
$10.43M - Verdict
Larry R. Rogers, Sr., Lead Counsel
Larry R. Rogers, Jr., Co-Counsel
Motor Vehicle Negligence, Paralysis
Offer Before Trial: $1,600,000.00*
$10M - Settlement
Todd A. Smith
Product Liability
$9.8M - Verdict
Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Medical Malpractice, Failure to Diagnose
$9.5M - Settlement
Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Medical Malpractice, Paralysis
$9M - Settlement
Todd A. Smith, Lead Counsel
Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel
Medical Malpractice, Paralysis
$8M - Verdict
Record verdict for death of child
Todd A. Smith, Lead Counsel
Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel
Wrongful Death
$7.5M - Verdict
This is the largest jury verdict in Illinois history involving lack of proper informed consent to a Chicago Bear.
Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Larry R. Rogers, Sr., Co-Counsel
Sports Injury
Offer During Trial: $200,000.00*
Offer Before Trial $0.00*
$7M - Verdict
Wrongful death medical malpractice cause of action. Failure to review the prior medical history and failure to order anticoagulant therapy in a timely manner resulting in death due to a pulmonary embolism.
Larry R. Rogers, Jr.
Brian LaCien
Demand: $3 Million
Offer During Trial: $1.5 Million by Defendant Michael Reese Hospital, $100,000.00 by Defendant Carlton West, M.D.
Offer Before Trial: $750,000.00 by Defendant Michael Reese Hospital, $100,000.00 by Defendant Carton West, M.D.
$6.9M - Verdict
This case was reported as a record verdict in a mild brain damage/closed head injury case.
Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Todd A. Smith, Co-Counsel
Motor Vehicle Negligence, Brain Injury
Offer: $250,000.00*
$6.5M - Settlement
Larry R. Rogers, Sr., Joseph W. Balesteri
Medical Malpractice
Eight and a half year old boy suffers cardio-pulmonary arrest in the operative suite during a tendon release procedure resulting in brain damage. Prior to the procedure, the minor plaintiff was severely mentally disabled.
$6M - Verdict
This was the largest verdict for a wrongful death of a tradesman in Illinois. It is also the largest wrongful death verdict under the Structural Work Act in Illinois history.
Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Wrongful Death
Offer During Trial: $3,600,000.00*
Offer Before Trial: $1,200,000.00*
$6M - Settlement
Todd A. Smith, Lead Counsel Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel
Medical Malpractice
$5M - Settlement
Larry R. Rogers, Sr., Lead Counsel
Medical Malpractice
$4.5M - Settlement
Larry R. Rogers, Sr., Lead Counsel
Premises Liability
$4M - Settlement
Thomas M. Power, Lead Counsel
Negligence
$3.75M - Settlement
Todd A. Smith, Lead Counsel
Brian LaCien, Co-Counsel
Automobile Collision
Second Largest Settlement in Rock Island County History
$3.5M - Settlement
Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Product Liability, Surgical Stapler
$3.5M - Settlement
Larry R. Rogers, Jr.
Sean M. Houlihan
Medical Malpractice
$3.45M - Settlement
Larry R. Rogers, Sr., Lead Counsel
Premises Liability
$3.13M - Settlement
Larry R. Rogers, Sr. Lead Counsel
Automobile Negligence, Wrongful Death
$3M - Settlement
Joseph A. Power, Jr. Lead Counsel
Medical Malpractice, excessive medication and lack of monitoring.
$3M - Settlement
Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Brian LaCien, Co-Counsel
Negligence
$2.85M - Settlement
Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Sean M. Houlihan, Co-Counsel
Motor Vehicle Negligence
$2.75M - Settlement
Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Negligence
$2.725M - Settlement
Devon C. Bruce, Lead Counsel
Wrongful death action involving nursing home abuse and neglect.
$2.5M - Settlement
Thomas M. Power, Lead Counsel
Construction Injury
$2.1M - Settlement
Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Construction Injury
$2M - Settlement
Todd A. Smith, Lead Counsel Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel
Medical Malpractice
$2M - Settlement
Todd A. Smith, Lead Counsel Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel
Wrongful Death/Motorcycle
$925K - Settlement
Larry R. Rogers, Jr.
Joseph W. Balesteri
Medical Malpractice
$400K - Settlement
Todd A. Smith, Lead Counsel Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel
Medical Malpractice
