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WILLOWBROOK, Ill. (August 24, 2020) – Sterigenics is facing a flood of new lawsuits related to ethylene oxide emissions from the medical sterilization facility in Willowbrook that shuttered last year. Law firms announced Friday that more than 600 additional individual lawsuits have been filed alleging cancers, miscarriages and other health…

CHICAGO (July 28, 2020) – As part of a $1 trillion coronavirus relief package unveiled Monday, GOP lawmakers floated a bill that would erect significant legal barriers for individuals wishing to sue over COVID-19 infections and deaths, requiring plaintiffs to prove both gross negligence and a failure to comply with public…

CHICAGO (July 16, 2020) – As a number of states have enacted emergency orders and laws to shield nursing homes from coronavirus-related civil suits, plaintiffs attorneys say they won’t be stopped from filing suits thanks to immunity exceptions and potential constitutional challenges. In fact, many plaintiffs attorneys in states that…

CHICAGO (June 26, 2020) – Classified by the EPA as a “known” carcinogen, ethylene oxide is used to sterilize medical devices and equipment. A 2018 report now receiving widespread attention sheds light on the link between this colorless, odorless toxin and cancer clusters across the U.S. – ushering in the…

CHICAGO (June 11, 2020) – UI Health agreed to a $7.5 million settlement with the family of a man who died following a delayed lung cancer diagnosis. The agreement, approved May 28 in the Probate Division by Cook County Circuit Judge Terrence J. McGuire, came without a lawsuit being filed…

CHICAGO (June 9, 2020) – The law firm Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard has donated a garden dome to Columbia Health Care Center Nursing Home in Wyocena, Wis. that will allow nursing home residents the opportunity to safely visit with their family and loved ones during the coronavirus pandemic. The garden dome…

CHICAGO (June 7, 2020) – The University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago has agreed to pay $7.5 million to resolve claims that medical staff failed to inform a patient of troubling signs of lung cancer that had been detected by a radiologist and ultimately proved fatal, the patient’s attorneys said….

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (May 22, 2020) – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard announced that Lake County Managing Partner Tara Devine has been recognized by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and Chicago Lawyer Magazine as one of the 2020 Women in Law honorees. Please click here to read the full write-up. 

CHICAGO (May 22, 2020) – Salvi Schostok & Pritchard P.C. partner Brian L. Salvi ran a “virtual 10K” in the South Loop on Saturday to raise funds for the Concussion Legacy Foundation, where he serves on the advisory board. The run was real, but the race was moved to a virtual…