CHICAGO (March 4, 2026) – A Madison County jury has awarded $241,000,000 to the family of a man who died while transporting dry ice as part of his job as a courier. The verdict includes $49.5 million in compensatory and $191.5 million in punitive damages against the company.
The plaintiff was represented at trial by Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard attorneys Patrick A. Salvi II, Patrick A. Salvi, Lance D. Northcutt, David J. Rashid, and Kristen M. Stoicescu. The legal team held a press conference Monday to discuss the case in more detail. Several legal publications and local media outlets covered the press conference:
Legal publications:
Local media outlets:
- FOX St. Louis
- FOX 2 St. Louis (video only)
- First Alert 4 St. Louis
- The Southern Illinoisan
- The Telegraph
- Yahoo! News
- Yahoo! News (Article #2)
- STL Today
- RiverBender.com
- Off The Press
- EdGlen Today
- The Hometown Register
Click here to read more about the case. For more information, please contact Marcie Mangan at (877) 975-7991 or mmangan@salvilaw.com.
