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Law 360: Ill. Wants Sterigenics Plant Closed Amid Cancer Concerns
CHICAGO (October 4, 2018) – Illinois’ environmental regulator on Tuesday pushed for a temporary shutdown of a Chicago-area medical equipment facility run by Sterigenics International Inc., amid allegations that the plant has emitted a hazardous pollutant. Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. spoke with Law 360’s Lauraann Wood about the firm’s…
Univision Chicago reports on Salvi Law lawsuits against Sterigenics
CHICAGO (October 4, 2018) – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C., has filed multiple lawsuits and represents numerous clients whose lawsuits are pending against Sterigenics and other defendants for knowingly emitting the cancer-causing toxin ethylene-oxide into the air for decades. Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. sat down with Univision Chicago to…
FOX 32: Heidi Wickstrom offers legal insight into Brett Kavanaugh investigation
CHICAGO (October 1, 2018) – Attorney Heidi L. Wickstrom was interviewed live on FOX 32 News Monday morning about the Brett Kavanaugh hearing last week and pending FBI investigation. Please click here to watch the full segment.
Chicago news stations cover Salvi Law press conference on Sterigenics lawsuits
CHICAGO (September 28, 2018) – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C., held a press conference Thursday afternoon to announce the filing of multiple lawsuits against Sterigenics International for releasing toxic emissions into the air in Willowbrook. The press conference was covered by several Chicago media outlets. Please click here to read…
Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. speaks at Sterigenics Community Legal Forum in Burr Ridge
CHICAGO (September 26, 2018) – Sterigenics International in Willowbrook is a medical sterilization service provider that has been emitting a known carcinogen – Ethylene Oxide – into the air for decades. On Wednesday night, a group of 50 concerned residents met with local attorneys to talk about legal issues going forward and…
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Head of Salvi Law Chicago office talks prioritization, delegation
CHICAGO (September 27, 2018) – When the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin caught up with Patrick A. Salvi II last month, the 36-year-old Chicago managing partner of Salvi Schostok & Pritchard P.C., had just wrapped up a medical-malpractice trial in Kane County and a motorcycle-injury trial in Cook County, and was gearing…
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: $1.3M for fatal West Town motorcycle crash
CHICAGO (September 12, 2018) – A Cook County jury awarded $1.3 million to the family of a motorcyclist who was killed in a 2015 collision with a pickup truck. The verdict was reached last week after a six-day trial before Circuit Judge Clare Elizabeth McWilliams. Please click here for the full…
Patrick Salvi II featured as a Law 360 ‘Rising Star’ for 2018
CHICAGO (August 14, 2018) – Patrick Salvi II of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C., helped an injured client restore a $3 million punitive damages award and also helped obtain a record-breaking $148 million personal injury verdict, earning him a spot as one of three personal injury and medical malpractice attorneys under…
ABC 7 reports on Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C., lawsuit against Swedish Covenant Hospital
CHICAGO (August 8, 2018) – The family of a stroke patient is suing Swedish Covenant Hospital on Chicago’s Northwest side, saying the man died after he walked out of the facility and fell. The family is claiming that doctors had allegedly issued a warning to hospital staff that the man was…
NBC 5: Family Sues Swedish Covenant After Grandfather Leaves Hospital, Falls and Dies
CHICAGO (August 14, 2018) – In August 2016, Severino Alonso was admitted to Swedish Covenant Hospital. He was recovering from a stroke. The 87-year-old had difficulty walking independently. But on the morning of Sept. 4, Severino’s family says he got dressed then walked out of the hospital. Security video shows him…
