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CHICAGO (May 4, 2022) – The families of two victims of a car crash in Wheeling, who were killed by a man transporting a Jaguar and driving more than 150 miles an hour, were granted two separate settlement awards totaling $20 million. The family of a 62-year-old mail carrier who was…

CHICAGO – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard’s Director of Marketing and Public Relations, Marcie Mangan, was recently interviewed on the “How’s Your ePresence” podcast about the conceptualization and production of a podcast and how small and medium-sized businesses can best execute public relations and marketing efforts internally. During the episode, Marcie…

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 – 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 –  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…

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…

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. 

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…

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…