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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.

Verdicts & Settlements

Joseph A. Power, Jr. - Lead Counsel
Larry R. Rogers, Jr. - Co-Counsel
Medical Malpractice

Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Larry R. Rogers, Jr., Co-Counsel
Wrongful Death
Illinois' largest personal injury award for a single family

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*

Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Wrongful Death

Larry R. Rogers, Sr.
Product Liability
Offer: $350,000.00
Record Settlement in Illinois

Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Brain Injury

Todd A. Smith, Lead Counsel
Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel
Medical Malpractice

Thomas G. Siracusa, Lead Counsel
Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel
Medical Malpractice

Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Wrongful Death, Motor Vehicle Negligence

Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Larry R. Rogers, Sr., Co-Counsel
Medical Malpractice, Failure to Diagnose

Todd A. Smith, Lead Counsel
Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel
Medical Malpractice

Todd A. Smith, Lead Counsel
Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel
Medical Malpractice

Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Medical Malpractice

Joseph A. Power, Jr, Lead Counsel
Brian LaCien, Co-Counsel
Medical Malpractice

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*

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*

Thomas M. Power, Lead Counsel
Joseph A. Power, Jr., Co-Counsel
Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel
Medical Malpractice, Failure to test for tuberculosis

Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Larry R. Rogers, Jr., Co-Counsel
Wrongful Death, Hospital Negligence

Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel
Medical Malpractice, Failure to Diagnose

Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Medical Malpractice

Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel
Medical Malpractice

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*

Todd A. Smith, Lead Counsel
Aviation, Product Liability

Larry R. Rogers, Sr., Lead Counsel
Larry R. Rogers, Jr., Co-Counsel
Motor Vehicle Negligence, Paralysis
Offer Before Trial: $1,600,000.00*

Todd A. Smith
Product Liability

Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Medical Malpractice, Failure to Diagnose

Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Medical Malpractice, Paralysis

Todd A. Smith, Lead Counsel
Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel
Medical Malpractice, Paralysis

Record verdict for death of child
Todd A. Smith, Lead Counsel
Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel
Wrongful Death

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*

Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Medical Malpractice

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.

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*

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.

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*

Todd A. Smith, Lead Counsel         Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel

Medical Malpractice

Thomas M. Power, Lead Counsel
Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel
Medical Malpractice, Failure to diagnose perforated ulcer

Larry R. Rogers, Sr., Lead Counsel
Medical Malpractice

Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Medical Malpractice

Larry R. Rogers, Sr., Lead Counsel
Premises Liability

Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Medical Malpractice

Thomas M. Power, Lead Counsel

Negligence

Todd A. Smith, Lead Counsel
Brian LaCien, Co-Counsel
Automobile Collision

Second Largest Settlement in Rock Island County History

Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel

Product Liability, Surgical Stapler

Larry R. Rogers, Jr. 

Sean M. Houlihan 

Medical Malpractice

Larry R. Rogers, Sr., Lead Counsel
Premises Liability

Larry R. Rogers, Sr.  Lead Counsel  

Automobile Negligence, Wrongful Death

Thomas M. Power, Lead Counsel
Medical Malpractice, Failure to timely intubate

Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Motor Vehicle Negligence

Joseph A. Power, Jr. Lead Counsel 

Medical Malpractice, excessive medication and lack of monitoring.

Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel

Brian LaCien, Co-Counsel

Negligence

Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel

Sean M. Houlihan, Co-Counsel

Motor Vehicle Negligence

Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel

Negligence

Devon C. Bruce, Lead Counsel

Wrongful death action involving nursing home abuse and neglect.

Thomas M. Power, Lead Counsel
Motor Vehicle Negligence

Thomas M. Power, Lead Counsel
Construction Injury

Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Construction Injury

Joseph A. Power, Jr., Lead Counsel
Medical Malpractice

Todd A. Smith, Lead Counsel          Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel

Medical Malpractice

Todd A. Smith, Lead Counsel         Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel

Wrongful Death/Motorcycle

Larry R. Rogers, Jr.

Joseph W. Balesteri

Medical Malpractice

Todd A. Smith, Lead Counsel                 Joseph W. Balesteri, Co-Counsel

Medical Malpractice