By: Noah Dolan  MENDON, Mo. (June 29, 2022) – An Amtrak crash on Monday morning left four people dead and more than 150 injured when the train collided with a dump truck and derailed in rural Missouri. The train was heading to Chicago from Los Angeles with 275 people on…

WAUKEGAN, Ill. – On Thursday, May 26, Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard Chicago office Managing Partner Patrick A. Salvi II delivered a speech on “non-economic damages at trial” at the Lake County Bar Association’s annual Civil Trials & Appeals Seminar. This year’s seminar took place at Glen Flora Country Club. Partner…

CHICAGO (May 20, 2022) – A U.S. Marine veteran who fought in Operation Desert Storm is seriously injured and may lose his leg after a hit-and-run in Irving Park over the weekend. According to Chicago police, 48-year-old Raul Basulto was servicing an ATM when he was struck by a Chevy truck…

CHICAGO (May 5, 2022) – A bicyclist was fatally struck by a car in a hit-and-run crash Wednesday night in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood. The crash marks at least the third fatal bicycle crash in Chicago since the start of 2022. According to Chicago Police, 22-year-old Nick Parlingayan was…

VIRGINIA BEACH – A man has filed a lawsuit against delivery giant Amazon, claiming that a crash with a delivery driver led to the amputation of his leg. Last October, Justin Hartley was riding his motorcycle when he collided with an Amazon-branded Hertz truck in Virginia Beach, Virginia. According to the…

A new study from the University of Colorado School of Medicine has found that more young people are being diagnosed with late-stage colon cancer, prompting doctors to call for early detection and screening. Researchers analyzed data from more than 100,000 people with adenocarcinoma, an aggressive cancer that’s more likely to be caught…

CHICAGO (January 7, 2022) –  A large chunk of aluminum cladding fell off Chicago’s Hancock building, one of Chicago’s tallest buildings, Wednesday afternoon, landing in a planter on Chestnut Street. Luckily no one was injured, but the incident did leave neighbors and pedestrians in the area shaken up. Representatives of…

HOUSTON – A Houston jury returned a $30 million verdict last week against FedEx Freight Inc. in a wrongful death suit filed by the sons of a man who died in a 2018 collision involving one of the company’s truck drivers. Now, the brothers say they want trucking companies to take…

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…

JOPLIN, Mont. – Officials have not yet released information on what they suspect caused an Amtrak train to derail in north-central Montana, killing three people. Seven remained hospitalized Sunday as a team of investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board arrived at the site. The train carrying 145 passengers and 13…