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Patrick Salvi II discusses seal order issued for Sterigenics, Lobby Day on FOX 32 News
CHICAGO (February 18, 2019) – Partner Patrick Salvi Jr. was interviewed live on FOX 32 News Monday morning about the shutdown of the Willowbrook Sterigenics plant over the weekend and the Stop Sterigenics Lobby Day scheduled for Tuesday in Springfield. Please click here to watch the full segment.

The Winnetka Current: Resident Patrick A. Salvi named Illinois Super Lawyer
CHICAGO (February 13, 2019) – Illinois Super Lawyers has named Winnetka attorney and resident Patrick A. Salvi II as an Illinois Super Lawyer for 2019. Mr. Salvi is the managing partner of the Chicago office at Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard. He concentrates his legal practice in cases concerning serious personal…

Law 360: $50M Birth Injury Verdict Beats Ill. Hospital’s New Trial Bid
CHICAGO (February 11, 2019) – A Chicago judge refused Thursday to overturn a $50 million verdict over a baby’s severe brain injury that a jury attributed to hospital doctors’ failure to diagnose and treat the baby’s oxygen deprivation during labor. Please click here to read the full story from Law 360.

Libertyville Review Shout Out: Jennifer Ashley, a personal injury lawyer from Libertyville
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. (February 5, 2019) – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard attorney Jennifer Ashley of Libertyville was recently listed among the “Top 100 Super Lawyers” in Illinois and Top 50 Female Super Lawyers in Illinois. She recently spoke with the Pioneer Press’s Libertyville Review about the honor and her work as an…

CBS Chicago: Sterigenics Allegedly Covered Up Toxic Emissions, Operated Secret Plants
CHICAGO (February 5, 2019) – An investigation by CBS Chicago revealed the wrongful conduct by Willowbrook-based Sterigenics may have exposed even more residents to carcinogenic toxins than previously thought. Former Sterigenics employees told CBS Investigative Reporter Dave Savini the company took extraordinary steps to cover up the release of the…

Law 360: Ill. Hospital To Pay $19.5M After Botched Throat Procedure
CHICAGO (January 29, 2019) – An Illinois hospital will pay $19.5 million to end a man’s suit claiming he suffered severe brain damage after its staff botched what should have been a routine tracheostomy exchange procedure he underwent in 2016. Please click here to read the full story by Law…

Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Brain injury brings $19.5M in settlement
CHICAGO (January 29, 2019) – A man who sustained brain damage after a botched procedure to downsize his tracheostoma has settled his lawsuit for $19.5 million. The settlement payment was disbursed Friday following a Nov. 7 agreement during a mediation with retired judge Donald O’Connell with O’Connell Mediation Services, according to…

Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Matt Williams on settling the monster case
CHICAGO (January 16, 2019) – Some trial lawyers live in a “Jurassic Park” where handling giant beasts is their daily work. Trial lawyer Matt Williams of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C is one of them. Recently, he shared four tips on settling a monster case with retired Judge Michael Panter. Please…

Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: $19.5M deal ends forklift injury claim
CHICAGO (January 11, 2019) – A Wisconsin man has settled his lawsuit against an event management company for $19.5 million more than six years after he sustained a degloving injury from a forklift at a Chicago trade show. Click here to read the full story from the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.
Law 360: Trade Show Co. Pays $19.5M In Vet’s Forklift Injury Suit
CHICAGO (January 10, 2019) – A trade show company shelled out $19.5 million to end an Iraq War veteran’s injury case Thursday after the Illinois Supreme Court refused to review a verdict over the life-altering accident. The Illinois Supreme Court had refused in December to take up the case. That left intact a…