Biography
Thomas M. Power, a partner of Power Rogers since 1992, brings extensive experience as an Illinois trial lawyer to the law firm and to the plaintiffs he represents in all aspects of Illinois accident law and personal injury law, including wrongful death, automobile negligence, product liability, and medical malpractice.
Some of his notable recoveries include the largest knee injury verdict in Indiana history.
Prior to joining the leading personal injury law firm in Illinois, Mr. Power was an Illinois trial lawyer for the Cook County Public Defender Murder Task Force. Handling an impressive 300 trials during his seven-year tenure as a public defender, he successfully represented individuals accused of various crimes ranging from simple misdemeanor cases to very serious felony cases, including numerous capital cases. A talented Illinois trial lawyer, Mr. Power taught trial practice as an adjunct professor at DePaul College of Law.
Some of his notable recoveries include the largest knee injury verdict in Indiana history. He achieved this in 1994 when together, with his brother, senior partner Joseph A. Power, he represented a Polish immigrant who sustained a knee injury after his disabled truck was struck. The truck accident case was tried in Federal District Court in Hammond, Ind., where the jury returned a verdict of $1,500,000.00.
Results
Power Rogers attorneys Joseph Power, Thomas Power, James Power and Dominic LoVerde recently secured $50,000,000.00 on behalf of their client who suffered seriousinjuries in an accident that occurred while trimming branches from a treeon his property, including severe burns and the loss of both arms and aleg. Joseph Power, Thomas Power, James Power and Dominic LoVerde.
This medical malpractice case involved the failure to test for tuberculosis.
In December 2005, Mr. Power obtained a $5,000,000.00 settlement on behalf of the Estate of a 52-year-old man who was a beloved English teacher and swim coach at an elite school despite being a quadriplegic for over 30 years. The man was discharged from the ER with a diagnosis of gastroenteritis, when in fact he had a perforated ulcer, which would have been detected had the staff employed additional diagnostic tools given his state as a quadriplegic. By the time he returned to the ER approximately 24 hours later, he was septic. He battled the infection for nearly a month before passing. He left a surviving spouse.
Estate of M.G. v. CTA, 10 L 11637 (2015 – Cook County)
The Decedent was attempting to cross the street when she was struck by a left-turning CTA bus and ultimately run over by its rear tires. Defendants contended that Decedent was distracted and on her phone at the time of the collision. Initially, the CPD and CTA believed another vehicle was involved in the collision and that Decedent was struck by that vehicle and somehow forced under the bus as she was crossing the street on the east side of the bus’ turn. Through the use of video from a CPD camera, video from the rear of the CTA bus, and reconstruction efforts, Plaintiffs’ counsel determined that no other car was involved in the collision and that Decedent had actually been on the west side of the bus as it was making its turn, and was struck due to the phenomenon of off-tracking. Decedent was a mother of two, and was separated from her husband, the father of her first child, and living with her boyfriend, the father of her younger child. Co-counsel Thomas M. Power.
In March 2007, Mr. Power obtained a $4,000,000.00 settlement on behalf of a 41-year-old man who was seriously injured when he fell approximately 25 feet to the ground while installing ductwork during a hospital renovation. Plaintiff suffered, among other things, a fractured skull, deep head lacerations resulting in indentation, permanent eye damage (severe double vision), permanent partial hearing loss, seizure disorder, permanent right arm weakness, short and long-term memory problems, and frontal lobe atrophy. Plaintiff is married with 3 children, two of whom are minors.
In April 2007, Mr. Power obtained a $3,000,000.00 settlement on behalf of the family of a 15-year-old boy who suffered an asthma attack at home and was brought to a medical care center. While there, the boy’s condition worsened and it took several attempts to intubate him. As a result of the delay, he coded and, ultimately, became comatose, dying four days later. At the time of settlement, this was the largest settlement on behalf of a minor in Will County.
In November 2007, Mr. Power was successful in persuading a Cook County jury to award $2.7 million to an 80-year-old man whose car was rear-ended by a semi-tractor trailer then flipped in the air, causing it to land on a nearby vehicle. The defendant claimed the plaintiff cut him off and slammed on his brakes. A police officer at the scene testified the plaintiff admitted that he stopped to avoid hitting a vehicle in front of him.
In December 2001, Tom Power negotiated a $2,500,000.00 settlement for a 33-year-old ironworker who, while working on a bridge which crossed-over the Stevenson Expressway, was knocked off the bridge by a crane operated by an employee of the general contractor. The ironworker suffered two fractured wrists.
In July 2003, Mr. Power, along with Tom Siracusa, represented the family of a terminally ill lymphoma patient who developed bedsores during his hospitalization. The jury awarded the family $2,500,000.00 after a two-week trial. In November 2002, Mr. Power and Mr. Siracusa settled a medical malpractice case on behalf of the family of a patient in whom the defendants failed to diagnose and timely treat a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. One and one-half weeks into the trial, the defendants offered $1.5 million, a substantial increase over their pretrial offer of $200,000.00. Education
