Author: Marcie Mangan
Man Killed After Being Struck By CTA Bus in Buena Park Neighborhood
CHICAGO – An 85-year-old man was struck and killed by a CTA bus Sunday evening in Chicago’s Buena Park neighborhood. Chicago Police say the man was walking in the area when he was hit by a northbound bus around 5:10 p.m. in the 4200-block of North Marine Drive. He was…
Fallen Roller Coaster piece hits woman in the head at Cedar Point
By: Sofia Hasty SANDUSKY, OHIO- A malfunction at Cedar Point, a popular amusement park in Ohio, has left a 44-year-old Michigan woman in intensive care with severe brain injury. The incident occurred on August 15 while the woman was waiting in line for the Top Thrill Dragster roller coaster. According to…
Beating Goliath Episode 3: Justice at Last
In the final episode of our three-part “Beating Goliath” series, the jury finds that Tom was not at fault for his injury and awards him $12.2 million in compensation. They also find that the defendant company, GES, acted with reckless indifference and impose $3 million in punitive damages on the…
Beating Goliath Episode 1: A Moment That Changed My Life
Tom Neuhengen sustains a massive injury on the job when a 65,000-pound forklift runs over his foot at a trade show in Chicago. An IT rep for the National Guard and a U.S. military veteran living in Cudahy, Wisconsin, Tom’s life would be changed forever by the careless accident. In…
Teen Killed in Hermosa Hit-and-Run That Family Believes Was Attempted Carjacking
By: Sofia Hasty CHICAGO- 16-year-old Ashley Sanchez of Aurora, Ill. was killed Tuesday night in Chicago’s Hermosa neighborhood in a car crash. At around 11:30 p.m. in the 4500 block of West Armitage Avenue, a tan minivan rear-ended a white Dodge Charger carrying Ashley and her family. The charger then…
Pit Bull Attacks Tinley Park Woman and Her Golden Retriever
By: Sofia Hasty TINLEY PARK, Ill (July 15, 2021) – A Tinley Park woman and her 4-month-old golden retriever were viciously attacked by a pit bull while they were out on a walk on July 2. Around 3:24 p.m. that day, the woman and her dog, Figaro, went on a…
Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard Donates Funds to Assist Waukegan Police Department in Combatting Opioid Epidemic
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (November 7, 2019) – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, P.C., has donated $1,000 to the Waukegan Police Department to go towards purchasing the drug Narcan. This medication can save a person’s life after a drug or alcohol overdose. Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard presented the donation to the Waukegan Police…
15 Injured When CTA Bus, Car Crash on Near West Side
CHICAGO (January 24, 2019) – A CTA bus and a car crashed Wednesday afternoon in the Goose Island neighborhood, sending at least 15 people to area hospitals, two of them with serious injuries. The bus was westbound on Chicago Avenue near Peoria Street when a black Mercedes-Benz sedan traveling eastbound…
Former Nurse Arrested After Woman in Vegetative State Gives Birth
PHOENIX (January 23, 2019) – Police in Arizona have arrested a former nurse after a woman gave birth while in a vegetative state. The woman had been a patient at the facility for at least 10 years after a near-drowning incident left her in a vegetative state. Nathan Sutherland, 36, was…
