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…
Continue ReadingIn 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…
Continue ReadingTom 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…
Continue ReadingBy: 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…
Continue ReadingWhile receiving intense physical therapy to treat the injuries caused by the forklift accident, Tom Neuhengen prepares to tell his story at trial. In the second episode of this three-part series, Tom’s attorneys at Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard reject the defense’s request to drop the punitive damages claim in favor…
Continue ReadingBy: 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…
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (July 15, 2021) – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard is proud to announce attorney Heidi L. Wickstrom has been elected Chair of the American Association for Justice’s Professional Negligence section. As chair, Ms. Wickstrom will oversee the Professional Negligence newsletter and online content, plan the group’s CLE for the next…
Continue ReadingBy: Sofia Hasty LOS ANGELES – At least 17 people, including police officers, were hit by a massive explosion of illegal fireworks Wednesday evening. That night, bomb squad officers had been in the area of 27th Street and San Pedro seizing over 5,000 pounds of explosives planned to be illegally…
Continue ReadingROCKTON, Ill. – A massive explosion at a Winnebago County chemical plant ignited a fire and prompted hundreds of evacuations Monday, less than a month after the plant was inspected by a federal agency. Around 7:30 a.m., emergency crews rushed to the scene of a fire at the Chemtool Inc., a…
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (February 22, 2021) – Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is expected to sign a sweeping police reform bill Monday, requiring use of body cameras for officers and prohibiting the use of chokeholds. House Bill 3653, also known as the Police and Criminal Justice Reform Bill, would also end the practice…
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