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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…
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Father awarded $3M after daughter’s death from pneumonia
DECATUR, Ill. (July 27, 2018) – A Macon County jury awarded $3 million Tuesday to the father of a 5-year-old girl who died of pneumonia after a blood transfusion at Decatur Memorial Hospital. The young girl’s father was represented by Terrence M. Quinn of Phillips Law Offices and at trial by Tara…
Daily Herald reports on $2.15 million settlement for motorcycle collision
ELMHURST, Ill. (July 19, 2018) – On the eve of trial, Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C., obtained a $2.15 million settlement for a University Park man who suffered a permanent brain injury in a June 2015 Elmhurst-area motorcycle crash. Please click here to read the full story from the Daily Herald.
Law 360: IL Court Restores $3M Punitives For Man’s Forklift Injury
CHICAGO (June 29, 2018) – An Illinois appellate panel on Thursday reinstated a $15.2 million jury verdict in favor of a man severely injured by a forklift while working for an exhibitor at a trade show, saying a $3 million punitive damages award for willful conduct was supported by the…
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: 3M in punitive damages restored after forklift-injury verdict cut
CHICAGO (June 29, 2018) – The 1st District Appellate Court on Thursday reinstated $3 million in punitive damages revoked by a judge after a forklift-injury trial. The appeals court’s decision restores the full $15.2 million jury verdict awarded to plaintiff Thomas Neuhengen. Please click here to read the full story from…
Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. discusses dangers of broken tree grates in Chicago
CHICAGO (June 26, 2018) – Broken, unsecured grates around trees in Chicago move when stepped on and protrude above the sidewalk. Carol Bavcevic tripped on one, fell on her face and suffered a head injury, facial bruising and a massive forehead lump she can still feel more than a year later….
Patrick A. Salvi discusses verdict trends with Chicago Lawyer Magazine
CHICAGO (June 4, 2018) – While a high-dollar verdict like the one in Tierney Darden v. City of Chicago make headlines and spur gossip that “the tables are hot” in Cook County, a look at 10 years of data compiled by Jury Verdict Reporter paints a more sedate picture. Looking at the median verdicts over…
