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EDITORIAL REVIEW This tireless advocate recovers millions for injured consumers, including $10.6M for psychiatric malpractice, $17.25M for medical malpractice and $20M for a catastrophic injury case. —2008 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America
This new Inner Circle member won big in 2007 with $10M and $5.8M verdicts for grievously injured infants. — Lawdragon,
January 2008
Smith smashed opposing counsel en route to $20 million and $17.5 million med-mal verdicts, plus $10.6 million for a victim of psychiatric malpractice. — Lawdragon,
February 2007
He won eight-figure paydays for catastrophic injury and psychiatric malpractice victims. — Lawdragon,
October 2006
Submit your evaluation of this attorney. Contact Lawdragon about the information in this review. Born and raised in Evanston, Illinois, Power Rogers & Smith founding partner Todd A. Smith has won some of the largest
multimillion dollar jury awards and settlements in serious personal injury, product liability, wrongful death, and physician
malpractice cases in Illinois. A personal injury lawyer driven by a challenge and hard work, Mr. Smith is known as a tireless
advocate for middle-class working men and women-the people who now are finding it harder and harder to get access to the
court system.
A leader among personal injury trial lawyers in the U.S., he is the immediate past president of the prestigious 60,000 member Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Voted Chicago Lawyer Magazine's Person of the Year, Mr. Smith has made access to justice his personal crusade. In his leadership activity as president of the Illinois State Bar Association, he led the battle against the threats that inhibit citizens from obtaining justice in the courts, including cutbacks in legal services for the poor and the inability of people of modest means to afford a personal injury lawyer. Mr. Smith and his accomplishments on behalf of his clients have been featured in numerous publications including Chicago Magazine, Chicago Tribune Chicago Magazine, and most recently in the Sunday New York Times. Whether it is a product liability, aviation negligence, or physician malpractice case, Mr. Smith stands fearless against wealthy and powerful corporations, insurance companies, hospitals, and government agencies. He resolved a U.S. record $10.6 million settlement in a psychiatric malpractice case involving a Chicago area woman and her family, and recently obtained physician malpractice settlements of $17.25 million and $20 million in catastrophic injury/medical malpractice cases. One of the top trial lawyers in Illinois as well as the country, Mr. Smith is annually listed in the book The Best Lawyers in America. He has repeatedly been listed at or near the top of the Chicago Magazine survey of multimillion dollar personal injury settlements including his listing in 2004 as No. 1 with $70 million in recovery for his clients. Mr. Smith was recently invited to membership in the selective Inner Circle of Advocates, an exclusive group of 100 of the very best civil trial lawyers in the U.S. Education
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Northern Trust Company and Imelda D., as Co-Guardians of hte Estate of Andrea D., a Minor, and Imelda D. v. Advocate Lutheran General Children's Hospital, No. 01 L 11847 (Cook County) (2007) Medical malpractice: Two day old infant with Down Syndrome underwent surgery for bowel obstruction. A central venous catheter was incorrectly placed and allowed administered fluid to penetrate the heart wall resulting in cardiac arrest and permanent and severe brain injury. Co-counsel with Joseph W. Balesteri. Result: $10,000,000.00 Gina D. v. Lutheran General Hospital, No. 00 L 8534 (Cook County) (2007) Medical malpractice: Newborn, born 08/11/86 experienced brain damage from a maternal infection that crossed the placenta. Defendants failed to timely deliver the fetus to avoid permanent brain damage. Co-counsel with Joseph W. Balesteri, Phillp F. Maher, and William J. Harte. Result: $5,800,000.00 Alicia M.H., a minor, by and through her Father and Mother as next friends, Joseph P. H. and Cyndi H., Individually v. University of Chicago Health Systems, et. al., No. 02 L 2696 (Cook County) (2006) Medical malpractice: Two year old child underwent surgery at the University of Chicago Hospital to remove a large liver mass. The anesthesiologist should have placed an arterial line in a location other than Alicia's right leg which had experienced vasospasm the previous day. Shortly after placing the arterial line the arterial wave form was lost. Alicia's right extremity was not checked until after the procedure about six (6) hours later. When Alicia's right leg was checked, it was cool, dusky and blue. Alicia required emergent vascular surgery. The extremity was salvaged however Alicia lost all feeling in her leg below her knee. Co-counsel with Joseph W. Balesteri. Result: $4,000,000.00 Maryamma B. v.Mohan Airan M.D., No. 00 L 013288 (Cook County) (2005) 12 year old female died from cardiac tamponade after a central venous catheter, placed following abdominal surgery, caused fluid administration into her pericardial sac. Co-counsel with Joseph W. Balesteri. Result: $6,000,000.00 Reed M v. Michael D. Kornblatt, M.D., et al., No. 00 L 14275 (Cook County) (2005) Medical Malpractice: 48 year old male experienced incomplete quadriplegia on December 23, 1998 when his cervical discs herniated into a congenitally narrowed spiral canal. The defendants failed to refer the plaintiff for an MRI between December 11 and December 23 1998 when they were advised of his neck pain symptoms with radiation into his right arm. Co-counsel with Joseph W. Balesteri. Result: $2,000,000.00 Thomas B. v. Sherman Hospital, a corporation. et al., No. 00 L 14977 (Cook County) (2004) Medical Malpractice: 48 year old female entered Sherman Hospital on an elective basis to treat heart and vascular conditions. She underwent carotid artery surgery and coronary artery stenting which included femoral artery access. Due to a failure to monitor her vital signs, staff of the hospital were unaware of retro-peritoneal bleeding from the site where the femoral artery sheath was removed after surgery. An arrest as a result of blood loss resulted in her death. Co-counsel with Joseph W. Balesteri. Result: $6,000,000.00 The Northern Trust Company v. Bradley Allen, M.D., No. 98 L 5560 (Cook County) (2004) Medical Malpractice: 19 year old female underwent mitral valve surgery for rheumatic heart disease and experienced an air embolus due to errors in surgical technique resulting in brain damage and quadriplegia. Co-counsel with Joseph W. Balesteri. Result: $20,000,000.00 The Northern Trust Company v. Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation d/bla Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical Center, No. 00 L 3444 (Cook County) (2004) Medical Malpractice: 17 year old female hospitalized for rehabilitation during recovery from a motor vehicle accident after two brain surgeries, was prescribed anticoagulation therapy for a blood clot in her neck. This therapy was inadequately monitored causing subarachnoid hemorrhage, a cardiopulmonary arrest and additional brain injury causing a minimally conscious vegetative state. Co-counsel with Joseph W. Balesteri. Result: $17,250,000.00 William R. v. Sudershan D. Saxena, M.D., et. al., No. 00 L 745 (Cook County) (2003) Medical Malpractice: 68 year old male was given an epidural injection while he was on Plavix, an antiplatelet agent. An epidural hematoma developed but over 3.5 hours passed before transfer for emergent neurosurgical care was effectuated. The epidural hematoma resulted in paraplegia. Co-counsel with Joseph W. Balesteri. Result: $9,000,000.00 Kenneth H. v. Waste Management, Inc., et.al., No. 98 L 53 (DeKaIb County) (2003) Automobile: 23 year old male was killed when his motorcycle encountered power steering fluid which had leaked from a truck that had been negligently maintained. The sole heir in this wrongful death action was the decedent’s daughter who was not born until six months after her Dad’s passing. Co-counsel with Joseph W. Balesteri. Result: $2,000,000.00 Alexander K. v. Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, et. al., 98 L 13165 (Cook County) (2003) Medical malpractice: Nine month old boy underwent ventriculoperitoneal shunt revision surgery and two months later experienced permanent brain damage due to negligent surgical technique and surveillance. Co-counsel with Joseph W. Balesteri. Result: $17,000,000.00 Phyllis S. v. Columbus Hospital, et. al., No. 99 L 8486 (Cook County) (2003) Medical malpractice: 72 year old female passed away during an angioplasty procedure due to perforation of her coronary vessel and the failure of the hospital and health care providers to arrange for cardiovascular back-up. Co-counsel with Joseph W. Balesteri. Result: $1,500,000.00 Melinda R. v. The University of Illinois Hospital, No. 98 L 467 (Cook County) (2001) Medical malpractice: 58 year old man at known high risk for myocardial infarction, underwent vascular surgery for long-standing diabetes, suffered cardiopulmonary arrest the day following surgery, resulting in his death. Co-counsel with Joseph W. Balesteri. Result: $1,200,000.00 Maria R. v. Loyola University Medical Center, et. al., No. 98 L 9369 (Cook County) (2001) Medical malpractice: During a laparoscopic cholecystectomy, 40 year old woman suffered injuries to her common bile duct resulting in subsequent drain placement for infection and later surgical repair to allow for proper flow of bile from the liver through the common bile duct. Co-counsel with Joseph W. Balesteri. Result: $800,000.00 Maria G. v. Saint Marv of Nazareth Hospital, No. 96 L 14398 (Cook County) (2001) Medical malpractice: 61 year-old man after suffering a TIA or stroke was given Heparin therapy. A brain hemorrhage from excessive Heparin administration occurred within 24 hours causing death. Defendants argued that the hemorrhage was from a stroke in evolution and was a risk of Heparinization. Co-counsel with Todd A. Smith Result: $1,250,000.00 Daniel H.v. The University of Chicago Hospital d/b/a Wyler Children’s Hospital; J. Dean Waldman, M.D., Court No. 94 L 16986 (Cook County) (2000) Medical Malpractice: 11 year-old girl being treated for cardiac rhythm disturbances suffered an arrhythmia while showering at home and passed away on April 29, 1994. Defendants University of Chicago Hospitals and Dr. J. Deane Waldman failed to address her condition with appropriate medication and failed to provide her family, with information and recommendation of an implantable cardiac defibrillator during the 18 months she was under their care. Co-counsel with Joseph W. Balesteri. Result: $8,000,000.00
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