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Local and national media outlets report on Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard hazing lawsuit against Northwestern

CHICAGO – On Tuesday, July 18, Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, P.C. and co-counsels The Stinar Law Firm and Pulaski Kherker PLLC, filed a lawsuit on behalf of a former Northwestern University football player related to allegations of hazing and sexual abuse in the University’s football program. The lawsuit is the…

Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Woman gets $1M settlement after post-hysterectomy infection

CHICAGO (July 11, 2023) – A woman who filed a lawsuit saying she was prematurely discharged from a hospital after a hysterectomy despite showing signs of an infection accepted a $1 million settlement after suing in Cook County Circuit Court. The parties reached an agreement pre-trial on June 5 with…

Patrick A. Salvi II discusses trial practice on Personal Injury Mastermind Podcast

CHICAGO – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard’s Chicago Managing Partner, Patrick A. Salvi II, was recently interviewed on the Personal Injury Mastermind Podcast. In the episode, Mr. Salvi discusses the importance of trials in building a foundation of excellence at your law firm, and how to use your successes at trial…

WIFR investigates abuse and neglect claims in Illinois group homes

Back in 2016, Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. won a record-$1.6 million wrongful death verdict in Stephenson County for the family of Ivette Ruiz, a 40-year-old mentally disabled resident of a Freeport facility that provides services and lodging to those with developmental disabilities. On December 2, 2010, despite a history…

Patrick A. Salvi Sr. interviewed on The Personal Injury Mastermind Podcast

CHICAGO – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard founder and managing equity partner Patrick A. Salvi Sr. was recently interviewed on the Personal Injury Mastermind Podcast to share his insight from his legal career of over four decades. In the episode, he discusses how managing partners can hire great lawyers for their…

ABA Journal ‘How I Won the Case:’ Sterigenics

Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard attorneys Patrick A. Salvi II, Lance D. Northcutt and Jennifer M. Cascio authored an article on their record-breaking $363 million verdict for the American Bar Association Journal’s “How I Won the Case” series. In the article, the attorneys discuss how they exposed three decades of misdeeds…

Law 360: Chicago Firm Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard Adds Three New Partners

CHICAGO – Illinois-based Salvi Schostok & Pritchard PC announced this week the addition of three new partners, including one joining the firm from personal injury firm Wise Morrissey LLC. In a press release issued earlier this week, the firm announced that effective February 14, it had promoted associates Rob L….

Streetsblog Chicago: Wrongful death lawsuit filed by killed cyclist’s family faults Metra, city, and contractors for unsafe conditions

CHICAGO – On May 4, 2022, a driver fatally struck Nick Parlingayan, 22, on his bike near the intersection of Milwaukee and Kilbourn avenues in the Irving Park neighborhood, and leaving without aiding the barista. A wrongful death lawsuit, recently filed on behalf of Parlingayan’s family, argues that Metra and…

Lake County Journal: Libertyville attorney named Illinois Super Lawyer

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. (February 17, 2023) – Illinois Super Lawyers has named Libertyville resident and attorney Jennifer Ashley as an Illinois Super Lawyer for 2023. In addition, Ashley was listed among the Top 100 Illinois Super Lawyers and the Top 50 female attorneys for 2023. Please click here to read the…

Lawsuit filed against Metra, city of Chicago by family of bicyclist killed in 2022 hit-and-run

CHICAGO (February 8, 2023) – On May 4, 2022, a hit-and-run car crash killed 22-year-old Nick Parlingayan on the city’s Northwest Side, raising safety concerns among other cyclists. Almost nine months later on Jan. 30, the Parlingayan family’s attorneys at Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard filed a lawsuit against Metra, the…