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Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: $363M Sterigenics verdict will stay, judge rules
CHICAGO – A $363 million verdict awarded to a woman who alleged that emissions from medical device sterilization company Sterigenics caused her to develop cancer will remain intact, a Cook County Circuit Court judge ruled. Judge Marguerite A. Quinn denied Sterigenics’ post-trial motions seeking a defense judgment, a new trial…
Law 360: Ill. Judge Won’t Upset $363M Sterigenics Emissions Verdict
CHICAGO – An Illinois judge on Monday refused to overturn a jury’s award of $363 million to a woman who accused industrial sterilization company Sterigenics of recklessly polluting the Willowbrook, Illinois community with ethylene oxide. Please click here to read the full story from Law360.
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Salvi Law creates new awards in honor of late attorneys
CHICAGO (December 16, 2022) – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard announced the creation of two awards named in honor of late attorneys from the firm. The firm announced its first winners Dec. 8. Patrick A. Salvi II, a Chicago managing partner, earned the Michael P. Schostok Excellence Award, and associate Heidi…
WATCH: Patrick Salvi Sr. discusses esteemed career, tips for trial attorneys
CHICAGO – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard Founder and Managing Equity Partner Patrick A. Salvi was recently interviewed on a law school graduate’s YouTube channel about his esteemed career, record-breaking results, and advice for trial attorneys. Interviewer Austin Morgan is passionate about trial advocacy and interviews reputable trial lawyers across the…
The Guardian: It’s a colorless, toxic gas. A US woman won $363M after years of exposure
CHICAGO (November 28, 2022) – For more than 30 years, Sue Kamuda lived with her family several hundred yards away from an unassuming brick building situated in a small office park. Neither Kamuda nor the surrounding community knew that the building housed a company called Sterigenics that was spewing a…
Attorney Jaclyn J. Kurth Authors Article For The Docket
Attorney Jaclyn J. Kurth wrote an article entitled “Till Death Do Us Part: Civil Damages After Remarriage” for The Docket November 2022. November 2022 Docket Article
Cases against Sterigenics for toxic emissions to be tried in groups beginning in 2023
CHICAGO (October 24, 2022) – On October 21, 2022, Judge James Flannery, Presiding Judge of the Law Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, granted a request to allow multiple Plaintiffs with cases pending against medical device sterilization plant Sterigenics to have their cases heard within a single jury…
Patrick Salvi II interviewed on Mass Tort News LegalCast
CHICAGO (October 4, 2022) – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard Chicago Managing Partner, Patrick A. Salvi II, was recently interviewed on Mass Tort News’s LegalCast podcast about his record-breaking $363 million jury verdict against medical device sterilization company, Sterigenics. During the podcast, Mr. Salvi discusses strategies used during trial and the…
Local and national media outlets report on record-breaking $363 million Sterigenics verdict
CHICAGO (September 20, 2022) – A Cook County jury awarded a record-breaking $363 million verdict Monday to a woman who alleged that emissions from medical device sterilization company Sterigenics caused her to develop cancer, in the first lawsuit of more than 700 set to go to trial against the company….
The Daily Herald: Libertyville attorneys named to the Best Lawyers in America list
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. (August 26, 2022) – Attorneys Jennifer L. Ashley and Tara R. Devine, both of Libertyville, have been named to the 2023 Edition of Best Lawyers, one of the oldest and most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession. Attorneys named to the Best Lawyers in America list are…
