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WBEZ: Did Sterigenics Preemptively Pay Out Investors To Drain Legal Settlement Funds?

CHICAGO (February 4, 2020) – The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency shut down the Sterigenics plant in Willowbrook last year after discovering high levels of ethylene oxide near the facility. Now, the lawyers suing Sterigenics claim the company not only made people sick, but it redirected $1.3 billion in an effort to…

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Cook County Record: Sterigenics moved to put $1.3B ‘out of reach’ of personal injury lawsuits

CHICAGO (February 4, 2020) –  A group of lawyers leading dozens of lawsuits over claims emissions from a Willowbrook facility caused cancer have now accused medical device sterilization company Sterigenics of taking action, even years before the first lawsuit was filed, to reduce the potential pot of money the plaintiffs lawyers…

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WGN: Victims accuse Sterigenics of moving over $1 billion to safeguard money from lawsuits

CHICAGO (February 4, 2020) – A lawsuit filed Monday accuses medical sterilization company Sterigenics of funneling more than a billion dollars to investors so the funds couldn’t be used to pay legal damages. Sterigenics announced it was permanently closing its Willowbrook facility in September, but people who lived nearby over the…

ABC 7: Illinois driving laws every motorist needs to know taking effect January 1

CHICAGO (WLS) — A new year means new laws! More than 250 new laws will go into effect on January 1st, and if you’re a motorist, several of them will impact how you drive. Drivers in Illinois will no longer be able to watch streaming video while driving. Starting Jan….

FOX 32: New Illinois driving laws going into effect in 2020

CHICAGO (January 3, 2019) – Attorney Heidi Wickstrom was interviewed live on FOX 32’s Good Day Chicago Monday about the new laws Illinois drivers need to be aware of heading into 2020. Please click here to watch the full segment. 

Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Patrick Salvi II speaks at Colorado seminar

DENVER (January 3, 2019) – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard Chicago Managing Partner Patrick A. Salvi II delivered a speech  on December 13 at the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association’s Depositions: the ABC’s from VIPs seminar in Denver. Mr. Salvi’s speech was entitled “Expert Depositions: How to Attack Damages Experts,” was one of…

Heidi Wickstrom discusses new Illinois driving laws on WGN Morning News

CHICAGO (January 3, 2019) – Attorney Heidi L. Wickstrom was interviewed live on WGN Morning News about the new Illinois traffic laws motorists should be aware of in 2020. Please click here to watch the full segment. 

WLS-Radio: Patrick Salvi II discusses new traffic laws for 2020

CHICAGO (December 18, 2019) – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard Partner Patrick Salvi II was interviewed live on WLS-Radio’s John Howell show about the new Illinois laws drivers need to know heading into the new year. Please click here to listen to the full segment. 

FOX 32: How Illinois’ legalization of marijuana could impact drivers

CHICAGO (December 12, 2019) – Attorney Heidi L. Wickstrom was interviewed live on FOX 32’s Good Day Chicago about how the legalization of marijuana in Illinois could impact drivers and what people need to know before they get behind the wheel. Please click here to watch the full segment. 

Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Car crash suit settles for $1.9M

CHICAGO (December 11, 2019) – A woman who sustained a broken leg and broken wrists in a head-on collision with another vehicle outside far west suburban Yorkville, has settled her lawsuit for $1.9 million. A settlement was reached by Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard attorneys Brian L. Salvi, Andrew J. Burkavage and…