Tornado Season May Mean Insurance Disaster
At least 75 and maybe more than 120 tornadoes tore through three Plains states in recent days, causing 6 deaths in Oklahoma, along with dozens of injuries there and in Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. Tornadoes have already been blamed for 62 deaths this year, scattered throughout the Midwest and southern states. For many experts and …
Urge your senator to vote “NO” on H.R. 5
The House recently passed H.R. 5 and sent it to the Senate. This bill needs to be defeated if patient’s rights are to be protected. H.R. 5 is dishonestly called “Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Heathcare Act.” The acronym is HEALTH Act. The only health this law is promoting is the health of insurance companies’ …
Government Fraud a Concern to Chicago Residents
Wasteful government spending has been a problem for many years, and it will probably always be an issue. Whether it is the bridge to nowhere or spending $175 million a year so a federal agency can maintain buildings it doesn’t use, including a pink, octagonal monkey house, one does not have to look far for …
Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard Hires New Associate
Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard recently hired Beth Heffernan as an associate to join the law firm’s Chicago office. Ms. Heffernan received her Bachelor’s Degree in Communications and Child Development from Arizona State University and earned her Juris Doctor along with a Masters of Law in Taxation from The John Marshall Law School. About Salvi, Schostok …
Illinois Consumer Protection for Gift Cards
The holidays have passed and the New Year has begun, and if you’re like most Americans, you probably gave or received a gift card this past holiday season. You may be thinking to yourself that gift cards always expire before you can use them, or that you receive inactivity fees without even knowing it, but …
Legal Options for Whistleblowers
According to Black’s Law Dictionary, a whistleblower is “[a]n employee who reports employer wrongdoing to a governmental or law enforcement agency.” Without question, 2011 was a good year for employees that “blew the whistle” on companies who knowingly violated the law, abused authority, wasted funds, or posed a substantial and specific danger to public health or …
Chicago PI Attorney Calls for Thorough Consideration of Oak Park ‘Eating-While-Driving’ Ban
Chicago personal injury attorney Patrick A. Salvi, managing equity partner of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C., added a voice of reason to a recent television debate about a proposed eating-while-driving ban being weighed by officials in Oak Park. Salvi, an experienced litigator of reckless driving cases, was among several individuals interviewed by ABC 7 Chicago …
Memorial Wall Honoring Those Killed in Work Zone Wrecks is Important, Chicago Lawyer Says
Illinois transportation officials have unveiled a memorial wall to commemorate the lives of motorists and workers who have been killed in work zones along the state’s roadways. According to a press release from the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), the National Work Zone Memorial Wall is intended to recognize the lives lost and remind travelers of …
Trial by Jury Is Still Our Best Defense
In the wake of the Casey Anthony not guilty verdict, people are exhibiting strong emotions. It seems that the overwhelming majority of people are disagreeing with the jury’s verdict for one reason or another. Criticisms of the verdict include “if it wasn’t Casey Anthony then who did it?” or “if it was an accident then …
Firm Bucking the Trend
I read today on Yahoo.com that one-third of recent law school graduates are not practicing law. The young legal minds who managed to find employment last year have set a new record—only 68.4 percent of them are in jobs that require them to pass the bar exam, the lowest share since the Association for Legal …
