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Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Former truck driver gets $1.1M after injury at warehouse
CHICAGO – An Illinois truck driver who was injured while he was waiting for his truck to be loaded at a Calumet City warehouse received a $1.1 million settlement one month before the case was set to go to trial. Please click here to read the full story from the…
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Cook jury awards $3.7M to pedestrian hit by construction vehicle on sidewalk
CHICAGO – A Cook County jury awarded $3.7 million to a man whose arm was severely injured when a construction company’s vehicle veered onto the sidewalk and hit him. The jury returned a verdict Feb. 24 after a nearly two-week trial before Cook County Circuit Court Associate Judge Mary R….
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Cook jury awards $1.8M in hotel sex assault
CHICAGO – A Cook County jury awarded $1.8 million to a Texas woman who was raped while unconscious by a security guard at a Skokie hotel. The jury returned a verdict on Feb. 24 after a three-week trial before Cook County Circuit Court Associate Judge Robert Senechalle Jr., compensating Karla…
Law 360: Ill. Jury Awards $3.73M To Man Hit By Construction Co. Vehicle
CHICAGO – A Cook County jury handed a $3.73 million award Thursday to a man injured when a vehicle owned by an Illinois construction company drifted onto the sidewalk where he was walking. After a seven-day trial in Illinois state court, jurors found Aspen Service Construction & Repair negligent and liable…
ABC 7: Woman allegedly raped by Skokie hotel security guard awarded $1.8M
CHICAGO – A Texas woman who was raped in her Skokie hotel room by a worker nearly 10 years ago has been awarded nearly $2 million by a Cook County jury. Please click here to read the full story from ABC 7 Chicago.
Law 360: Chicago Jury Awards $1.8M To Woman In Hotel Sex Assault
CHICAGO (February 25, 2022) – A Cook County jury awarded $1.8 million to a Texas woman who was sexually assaulted by a security guard while staying at a Chicago-area Holiday Inn and claimed that the hotel’s negligence allowed the assault to take place. Counsel for plaintiff Karla Gress had asked…
FOX 32: Texas woman raped by Skokie hotel security guard awarded $1.8 million by jury
CHICAGO (February 25, 2022) – A Texas woman who traveled to the Chicago area on business has been awarded $1.8 million after she was raped by an on-duty security guard of the Skokie hotel she was staying at. “This attack was completely avoidable and stems from the Defendants’ failure…
FOX 32: New Illinois Driving Laws take effect in 2022
CHICAGO – Attorney Lance Northcutt of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard joined FOX 32’s Good Day Chicago live on New Years Eve to break down 4 new Illinois laws that drivers should know heading into in 2022. Please click here to watch the full interview.
Lake County News-Sun: Patrick A. Salvi recognized with Illinois Trial Lawyers Association lifetime achievement award
CHICAGO – Attorney Patrick A. Salvi was recognized earlier this month with the lifetime achievement award of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Salvi, who founded his law firm in Waukegan in 1982, was given the Leonard M. Ring Award at an ITLA dinner on Dec. 2 in Chicago. The award…
Chicago Tribune: Patrick A. Salvi receives Lifetime Achievement Award
CHICAGO – Patrick A. Salvi, Founder and Managing Equity Partner of the Law Offices of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, P.C., was honored with the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Leonard M. Ring Lifetime Achievement Award at the ITLA midyear recognition dinner held earlier this month. Bestowed annually for 26 years, the…