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FOX 32: Attorney Kristen Stoicescu interviewed about weight-loss drugs being linked to vision loss
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…
Media Coverage: Family of 2024 Navy Pier shooting victim file wrongful death lawsuit
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…
News coverage: Family of couple killed in crash following police chase sue City of Wood River
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…
National News outlets report on $20.5M verdict in morphine toxicity case
CHICAGO (June 23, 2025) – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. recently won a $20.5M verdict on behalf of the family of an 11-year-old was prescribed a lethal dose of morphine by her healthcare providers, which caused her death while in remission from leukemia. Several national news outlets reported on the…
National Media outlets report on $20.5M verdict for family of girl who died of toxic levels of morphine
CHICAGO (June 18, 2025) – The family of an 11-year-old Northwest Indiana girl who died from morphine toxicity after being treated at a suburban cancer center was awarded $20.5 million by a Cook County jury Tuesday. Ava Wilson, who was in remission from b-lymphoblastic leukemia, went for a follow-up appointment…
WTTW: Chicago Pays $62.5M to Family of Girl Killed During 2020 Police Chase
CHICAGO (June 17, 2025) – The family of a 10-year-old girl who was killed after a 2020 police chase received a $62.5 million settlement from the city of Chicago. A Cook County jury ordered the city to pay $79.85 million in December to the family of Da’Karia Spicer, who was…
CBS 2: Jury awards $20.5 million to family of girl who died from toxic levels of morphine
CHICAGO (June 12, 2025) – A Cook County jury awarded more than $20 million in damages to the family of an 11-year-old girl who died from toxic levels of morphine. In October 2020, Ava Wilson was recovering from leukemia when she went for a follow-up appointment at Advocate Children’s Hospital….
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Cook County jury awards $20.5M in girl’s death by morphine toxicity
CHICAGO (June 13, 2025) – A Cook County jury awarded $20.5 million to the family of a young girl in remission from leukemia who died due to morphine toxicity as a result of prescribed pain medication. The case went to trial May 29 before Cook County Circuit Court Judge Brendan A….
FOX 32: Jury awards family of girl who died of toxic levels of morphine $20.5M
CHICAGO (June 11, 2025) – The family of an 11-year-old Northwest Indiana girl who died from morphine toxicity after being treated at a suburban cancer center was awarded $20.5 million by a Cook County jury Tuesday. Ava Wilson, who was in remission from a form of leukemia, went to an…
NEWS 25: Surgery mishap in Peoria leaves Kewanee man, others with lifelong pain
PEORIA, Ill. (May 15, 2025) – UnityPoint Health, now Carle Health, has admitted negligence for leaving barbed, non-dissolvable sutures inside multiple patients following robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy procedures, instead of dissolvable ones, causing permanent injuries. Several lawsuits are pending in Peoria County. One of the victims is represented by Salvi, Schostok…
