Year: 2017

vehicle accidents

High Speed Des Plaines Crash Leaves 3 Family Members, Driver Dead

DES PLAINES, Ill. (February 20, 2017) – A 21-year-old driver with a history of speeding may have been traveling faster than 100 mph when he slammed into another car, killing himself and three family members. The fatal crash occurred around 8:55 p.m. Thursday night in the 100 block of East…

$200,000 Settlement for Teen Dog Bite Victim

Attorney Brian L. Salvi recently secured a $200,000 settlement on behalf of a 13-year-old boy who was attacked by a neighbor’s pit bull while walking home. As the dog bite claim asserted, the pit bull broke out of the neighbor’s yard, chased the teen down the street and attacked his…

Parents Say Negligence to Blame for Son’s Water Slide Death

CHICAGO (February 13, 2017) – The parents of a 10-year-old boy who was killed while riding the world’s tallest water slide are speaking out about their son’s death for the first time. Caleb Schwab was internally decapitated in August after he flew off the Verruckt water slide at the Schlitterbahn…

Did Negligent Security Allow Attack in Store Parking Lot?

A store customer sees two men wearing masks and acting suspiciously in a store parking lot. He observes one man carrying a wooden rod. The customer reports what he sees to the store’s security office. The store then allows the customer to walk outside – without any security escort or…

Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C., January Pet of the Month: Dime

CHICAGO (January 20, 2017) – The Illinois personal injury law firm of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C., has committed to finding local adoptable pets a loving home in 2017. We have teamed up with the Anti Cruelty Society in Chicago and Save-A-Pet in Grayslake to feature an adoptable pet every month….