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CHICAGO –  A laborer who was injured when he fell through the roof of an old movie theater while helping with its demolition received a $4.8 million settlement. Jose Gonzales, then 42, was working on the demolition of the former Cineplex Odeon Theatre on the Far North Side of Chicago…

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (June 6, 2022) – Attorney Tara R. Devine took office on June 3, 2022, for a one-year term as the President of the Lake County Bar Association (LCBA). Devine has been an active member of the LCBA Board of Directors for six years, previously serving as a board member,…

CHICAGO (May 11, 2022) – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard recently obtained a $20 million settlement for a woman who sustained a thoracic spine injury in a 2017 Maywood, Illinois car crash. The case went to trial in November of 2021 on damages only before Cook County Circuit Court Judge Janet…

CHICAGO (May 4, 2022) – The families of two victims of a car crash in Wheeling, who were killed by a man transporting a Jaguar and driving more than 150 miles an hour, were granted two separate settlement awards totaling $20 million. The family of a 62-year-old mail carrier who was…

CHICAGO – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard’s Director of Marketing and Public Relations, Marcie Mangan, was recently interviewed on the “How’s Your ePresence” podcast about the conceptualization and production of a podcast and how small and medium-sized businesses can best execute public relations and marketing efforts internally. During the episode, Marcie…

CHICAGO – An Illinois truck driver who was injured while he was waiting for his truck to be loaded at a Calumet City warehouse received a $1.1 million settlement one month before the case was set to go to trial. Please click here to read the full story from the…

CHICAGO – A Cook County jury awarded $3.7 million to a man whose arm was severely injured when a construction company’s vehicle veered onto the sidewalk and hit him. The jury returned a verdict Feb. 24 after a nearly two-week trial before Cook County Circuit Court Associate Judge Mary R….

CHICAGO –  A Cook County jury awarded $1.8 million to a Texas woman who was raped while unconscious by a security guard at a Skokie hotel. The jury returned a verdict on Feb. 24 after a three-week trial before Cook County Circuit Court Associate Judge Robert Senechalle Jr., compensating Karla…

CHICAGO – A Cook County jury handed a $3.73 million award Thursday to a man injured when a vehicle owned by an Illinois construction company drifted onto the sidewalk where he was walking. After a seven-day trial in Illinois state court, jurors found Aspen Service Construction & Repair negligent and liable…