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Proven verdicts and settlements won by Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C.

$363 millionVerdict

A Cook County jury found Sterigenics and its corporate owners liable for Sue Kamuda's breast cancer from ethylene oxide emissions and awarded $363 million, then the largest individual-plaintiff verdict in Illinois history.

Cook County Circuit Court, Chicago, IL · 2022Read the full story →
$115 million settlement (from a $148 million verdict)Verdict

A Cook County jury awarded Tierney Darden $148 million after a 750-pound pedestrian shelter toppled onto her at O'Hare and severed her spine, a record the city later settled for $115 million.

Cook County Circuit Court, Chicago, IL · 2017Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$79.85 millionVerdict

A Cook County jury awarded $79.85 million to the family of a 10-year-old girl killed when an unauthorized Chicago police pursuit ended in a multi-car crash, a verdict the parties later resolved for $62.5 million.

Cook County Circuit Court, Chicago, IL · 2024Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$75.8 millionVerdict

A Cook County jury awarded $75,859,000 to a baby girl left with permanent brain damage and physical injuries after doctors needlessly turned her during a twin delivery at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Cook County Circuit Court, Chicago, IL · 2024Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$52 millionVerdict

A Winnebago County jury awarded $52 million to the Krischon family for a 2018 crash caused by an off-tracking Panera Bread semi-truck that killed an 88-year-old man and seriously injured his son, finding the company and its driver 90 percent at fault. The award was part of a $67 million total verdict that also compensated a second family represented by separate counsel.

Winnebago County Circuit Court, IL · 2025Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
$45 millionSettlement

A $45 million payout for 15-year-old Nathen Jones, left unable to walk, speak, or feed himself after Chicago officers chased a car over a minor traffic stop, believed to be the largest the city has ever paid for a police-pursuit crash.

Chicago, IL (City Council-approved settlement) · 2024Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$32.7 millionVerdict

A Cook County jury awarded William "Billy" Fern $32.7 million after emergency room doctors failed to diagnose the blood clot that cost him his foot, the largest Illinois verdict on record for the loss of a leg or foot.

Cook County Circuit Court, Chicago, IL · 2023Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$27 millionSettlement

After a Chicago police pursuit that broke department policy killed Stacy Vaughn-Harrell and an earlier $10.2 million jury verdict was thrown out on appeal, the City Council approved a $27 million settlement for her family.

Cook County, Chicago, IL (City Council-approved settlement) · 2026Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Proven verdicts and settlements from other Chicago firms

Clifford Law Offices
Clifford Law Offices
$110 million · American Eagle Flight 4184: $110 Million Crash Settlement and a Courtroom Apology
Corboy & Demetrio
Corboy & Demetrio
$75 million · John Hancock Center Scaffold Collapse: $75 Million Settlement for the Killed and Injured
Power Rogers LLP
Power Rogers LLP
$100 million · Willis Family Wrongful Death Settlement: $100 Million After Six Children Killed in I-94 Truck Crash
Romanucci & Blandin
Romanucci & Blandin
$98.65 million · $98.65 Million Verdict for Family of Botham Jean, Shot in His Own Apartment by Off-Duty Dallas Officer
Smith LaCien LLP
Smith LaCien LLP
$702.7 million (class) · $702.7 Million Class Settlement Resolves Defective Takata Airbag Claims Against Honda and Nissan

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