Press Releases
DuPage County judge approves proposal to allow Sterigenics plant to reopen
WILLOWBROOK, Ill. (September 6, 2019) – A DuPage County judge ruled Friday that the Sterigenics plant in Willowbrook can reopen after it was shut down by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency in February. Friday’s hearing was held nearly two months after Sterigenics reached an agreement with Attorney General Kwame Raoul and…
$1.5 million settlement for family of 40-year-old woman who died of brain bleed at Peoria Hospital
PEORIA, Ill. (August 26, 2019) – A Peoria hospital has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the family of a 40-year-old woman who died after her symptoms of an intracranial brain bleed were misdiagnosed by medical staff on multiple occasions. The settlement was reached one week before a jury trial…
32 victims sickened by ethylene oxide file new lawsuits against Sterigenics
CHICAGO (August 20, 2019)–Victims filed 32 new lawsuits against Sterigenics over exposure to cancer causing chemical ethylene oxide on Monday. The suits add to the 11 that have already been filed in Cook County Circuit Court. “Sterigenics has been emitting ethylene oxide into the air near Willowbrook for decades, knowing…
Press conference: New Sterigenics victims file suit, join others seeking justice after being sickened by ethylene oxide
WHO: Plaintiffs and attorneys filing lawsuits against Sterigenics, a Willowbrook medical equipment sterilization company that has been emitting cancer-causing chemical ethylene oxide into the atmosphere WHAT: Victims and their attorneys will speak out about their lawsuits against Sterigenics. Victims will be filing new cases this week, and others were remanded…
Attorney Heidi L. Wickstrom elected to executive board of AAJ’s Professional Negligence Section
SAN DIEGO (August 5, 2019) – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, P.C. attorney Heidi L. Wickstrom has been elected the Membership Liaison of the executive board of the Professional Negligence Section for the American Association for Justice. Ms. Wickstrom’s new role involves making sure attorneys are familiar with the benefits of…
American Association for Justice honors Patrick A. Salvi II with 2019 Wiedemann & Wysocki Award
SAN DIEGO (July 31, 2019) – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard is pleased to announce Chicago Managing Partner Patrick A. Salvi II was presented with the American Association for Justice’s 2019 Wiedemann & Wysocki Award at the AAJ PAC M-Club Luncheon Sunday. The Wiedemann & Wysocki Award recognizes AAJ members who…
Five Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard Partners named to Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers Guide for 2019
CHICAGO (July 23, 2019) – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard is pleased to announce five of the firm’s partners have been named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers Guide. First published in 2007, the Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers Guide highlights the best of the U.S. plaintiff bar…
Sterigenics victims’ attorneys sound alarm at polluter’s surprise agreement with AG
CHICAGO (July 18, 2019) – Attorneys for the victims who have been sickened because they lived close to Sterigenics, a Willowbrook medical equipment sterilization company, spoke out on Thursday after the Attorney General’s Office and the DuPage County State’s Attorney submitted a consent order agreement with Sterigenics in the Dupage…
Attorneys of victims sickened by Sterigenics to comment on deal to reopen shuttered facility
CHICAGO (July 18, 2019) – Attorneys representing the victims who have been sickened because they have lived in close proximity to Sterigenics, the medical equipment sterilization facility in Willowbrook, Illinois, will hold a press conference to react to the surprise consent agreement brokered between the Attorney General’s Office, Sterigenics, and the…
Salvi Law obtains $800,000 settlement for natural accumulation of ice in DuPage County
Settlement reached three days before jury trial was set to begin CHICAGO (July 16, 2019) – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard attorneys Patrick A. Salvi II and Heidi Wickstrom obtained an $800,000 settlement on behalf of a doctor who was seriously injured when she fell on an icy sidewalk at a medical…
