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CBS Chicago: New Laws To Hit The Books In 2019
CHICAGO (January 2, 2019) – Legislation on more than 250 items will go into effect in 2019. Beginning July 1, anyone caught texting while driving will be issued a moving violation citation. If you’re convicted of three moving violations within a 12-month period, your license may be suspended. Partner Tara Devine spoke…
Tara Devine discusses new Illinois driving laws for 2019 on FOX 32
CHICAGO (December 27, 2018) – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard partner Tara Devine was interviewed live on FOX 32’s Good Day Chicago about new Illinois driving laws that will take effect in 2019. Please click here to watch the full segment.
Chicago Tribune: Officials knew ethylene oxide was linked to cancer for decades
WILLOWBROOK, Ill. (December 20, 2018) – Salvi Law client Sue Kamuda was interviewed by the Chicago Tribune about the emotions she felt when she first learned about the toxic emissions being emitted from Sterigenics in Willowbrook for decades. “They’ve been poisoning us for years and they knew it. The only solution is…
Tara Devine discusses new driving laws for 2019 with Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
CHICAGO (December 17, 2018) – Three new laws aimed at protecting drivers. bicyclists and pedestrians will take effect at the start of 2019. Under new laws that take effect in the new year, children under 2 will have to ride in rear-facing car seats, driver’s education courses will teach a…
Cook County Record: Trial lawyers say EPA admission of fault in Sterigenics emissions measuring won’t matter to lawsuits vs company
As federal environmental regulators reassess their controversial measurements of emissions from the Sterigenics plant in Willowbrook, a group of lawyers representing Willowbrook residents are continuing unfazed in their lawsuits against the company, based largely on findings in a federal report that relied heavily on the allegedly faulty data from the…
FOX 32: Sterigenics lawsuit calls for answers over toxic emissions
CHICAGO (November 30, 2018) – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard and Antonio Romanucci of the law firm Romanucci and Blandin, LLC were interviewed live on FOX 32’s Good Day Chicago about their lawsuit against the Willowbrook Sterigenics plant and how they claim the company was aware it was spreading toxic emissions….
NBC 5: Still More Questions Than Answers on Sterigenics Plant, Some Willowbrook Residents Say
WILLOWBROOK, Ill. (November 30, 2018) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency A community meeting and forum was be hosted in Willowbrook by the to field questions about the cancer-causing air emissions from the Sterigenics plant. The forum was held just hours after the first court appearance for lawsuits filed against…
ABC 7: Sterigenics lawsuit goes to court Thursday; EPA to hold forum in Willowbrook
CHICAGO (November 29, 2018) – The battle over potentially dangerous chemicals at a suburban plant was in court Thursday.
Lake County Docket: Speaking To Jurors A $148 million verdict begs the question: Why that number, and how does one succeed at speaking to jurors?
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (November 20, 2018) – Tierney Darden was with her mom and sister at O’Hare on an unusually stormy day in the summer of 2015. The threesome stood at a covered bus shelter at the airport, seeking protection from the elements. In this maelstrom, the shelter came unmoored—its rusted brackets…
Notre Dame Law School: Salvi Law trial team wins Trial Lawyer Excellence Award
CHICAGO (November 20, 2018) – A Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard trial team consisting of three Notre Dame Law alums was honored with a Trial Lawyer Excellence Award presented by the Jury Verdict Reporter, a division of Law Bulletin Publishing Company, at a reception on Thursday, October 21, 2018 in Chicago. The Notre Dame Law School shared…