CHICAGO (November 1, 2025) – A $79.85 million jury verdict obtained by Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard has been ranked among Top Verdict’s Top 50 Personal Injury Verdicts in the United States in 2024.
Attorneys Patrick A. Salvi II, Lance D. Northcutt, Aaron D. Boeder and Eirene N. Salvi obtained $79.85 million verdict in December 2024 on behalf of the family of a 10-year-old girl who was killed following a police pursuit initiated by the Chicago Police Department.
On September 2, 2020, 10-year-old Da’Karia Spicer was a backseat passenger in a vehicle driven by her father, Kevin Spicer. Da’Karia was on her way to school to pick up a laptop with her 5-year-old brother when two Chicago Police officers initiated an unauthorized motor vehicle pursuit of a car that had allegedly committed a traffic violation. The pursued vehicle then crashed into another car before crashing into the vehicle in which Da’Karia was a passenger.
Just before a trial began in Cook County Circuit Court before the Honorable Preston Jones, the City of Chicago admitted liability for the fatal crash. The verdict is the highest reported Illinois verdict for a police pursuit crash and was ranked #29 on Top Verdict’s Top 50 Personal Injury Verdicts in the United States in 2024.
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