Joseph A. Power Jr.
About Joseph A. Power Jr.
Joseph Power has obtained more than 200 jury verdicts and settlements in excess of $1 million, including the largest jury verdict in Illinois history for a medical malpractice case ($55.4 million) and a recovery of $100 million in a trucking case which led to 76 criminal convictions, including the former Governor of Illinois in the "licenses for bribes" scandal, which triggered the retesting of over 2,000 truck drivers. In trucking and transportation negligence ligation, Mr. Power has built an exceptional record of results. Among his notable recoveries is a $25 million settlement obtained on behalf of the family of a trucker driver who suffered catastrophic injuries after crashing into a stopped tractor-trailer on the fog-covered I-57 bridge spanning the Kankakee River. The collision left the driver with a severe traumatic brain injury and functional quadriplegia. He remained in an emerged-plus state for eleven months before ultimately succumbing to his injuries. In total, he has recovered over $1 billion for his clients. He has also never lost a medical malpractice case at trial. He has tried numerous medical malpractice cases and secured many multi-million-dollar awards, including:
Notable case results
Power Rogers LLP recovered $100 million for Rev. Scott and Janet Willis after six of their nine children were killed when a mudflap assembly fell from a tractor-trailer on I-94 and ignited their minivan, a case that ultimately exposed an Illinois license-bribery scheme and sent Governor George Ryan to federal prison.
A Cook County jury awarded $95.5 million to a truck driver who lost both legs when improperly loaded carbon steel bundles fell from a crane during unloading, with a 10% comparative fault reduction bringing the net award to $85.9 million, the highest double-amputation verdict in Illinois history.
A suburban Chicago man who lost both legs above the knee when a car jumped the curb and pinned him against a Bensenville 7-Eleven secured a $91 million settlement, the largest pretrial personal injury recovery in Illinois history, after Power Rogers LLP showed the company had documented thousands of similar storefront crashes and still refused to install protective bollards.
A 54-year-old woman underwent a routine bronchoscopy for a possible tuberculosis biopsy, but physicians ignored oximeter alarms and delayed intubation until she had suffered irreversible anoxic brain damage, leaving her with locked-in syndrome; the Cook County jury returned a $55.4 million verdict against the responsible physicians, then the largest medical malpractice award in Illinois history.
A 12-year-old girl suffered permanent, catastrophic brain damage after cardiac arrest during a PICC-line procedure at Highland Park Hospital, and Power Rogers secured a $40 million settlement that the Jury Verdict Reporter identified as the largest-ever Cook County recovery for a brain-injured minor.
A Cook County jury awarded $33.4 million to the estates of three lawyers shot and killed at a downtown Chicago office tower after finding the building's security company failed to stop a known threat from reaching the 38th floor.
Truck Accidents Car Accidents Wrongful Death Product Liability
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Medical Malpractice Catastrophic Injuries Brain Injuries
Personal Injury
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
