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ROCKFORD, Ill. (October 6, 2025) – On September 30, 2025, a Winnebago County jury awarded $67 million for a collision that killed two people and seriously injured one of the victim’s sons. The Krischon family was represented at trial by attorneys Patrick A. Salvi II, Heidi L. Wickstrom, John A….

ROCKFORD, Ill. (October 6, 2025) – A Winnebago County jury awarded a record $67 million for a fatal crash case that claimed two lives and left another person seriously injured. The total award is a record for Winnebago County verdicts reported to the Jury Verdict Reporter. Please click here to read…

ROCKFORD, Ill. (October 6, 2025) – An Illinois jury awarded $67 million to the families of two people who were killed and a man who was severely injured in a crash after a car struck a Panera Bread truck and collided head-on with a third vehicle. Please click here to…

GURNEE, Ill. (September 5, 2025) – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard attorney Jennifer L. Ashley recently obtained a $1 million settlement on behalf of a man who suffered severe shoulder injuries in a 2022 Lake County crash with a work van. “The client and I were happy and relieved … because…

EVANSTON, Ill. (September 2, 2025) – A man who fled the country after killing a beloved Evanston mail carrier in a 2020 Wheeling crash, was located and arrested in his home country of Poland recently. Sebastian Kuczek, 46, the driver of the “high performance Jaguar,” rear-ended the vehicle being driven…

EVANSTON, Ill. (August 28, 2025) – A man has been picked up by police in his home country of Poland and will be returned to Cook County in connection with a high-speed crash that claimed the life of Evanston mail carrier Arthur Matillano. Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard represented the family…

CHICAGO (August 19, 2025) – A new study is raising concerns that some widely used weight-loss drugs, including popular GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Wegovy, may be linked to rare but serious cases of sudden vision loss. Several lawsuits have already been filed against Novo Nordisk, the maker of both…

CHICAGO (July 30, 2025) – The family of a man killed in a shooting last year at Chicago’s Navy Pier is filing a wrongful death lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court. The victim’s employer and Navy Pier are named as respondents in discovery in the case. The lawsuit claims that back…

WOOD RIVER, Ill. (July 24, 2025) – The family of a couple killed following a fiery Wood River police chase spoke at a press conference Thursday about the filing of a lawsuit against the city. During the press conference, the family spoke about the profound loss of their loved ones…