Patrick A. Salvi is an American trial lawyer and sports entrepreneur who lives and works in the Chicago area. He is the managing equity partner at Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, a personal injury law firm with offices in Chicago and Waukegan, Illinois and founder of Salvi Sports Enterprises, a Chicago-based, multi-faceted sports consulting group that provides strategic planning and consulting within the minor league sports world.
Tierney Darden was a 24-year-old Truman College student from Mundelein who along with her mother and sister were waiting outside O'Hare's Terminal 2 for transportation. A sudden storm enveloped the airport and the family sought shelter behind a pedestrian shelter. High winds toppled the 750-pound glass and steel structure onto Darden, severing her spine and leaving her paralyzed from the waist down. Her mother, Trudy Darden, and sister, Tayah Minniefeld, were also injured. Darden's injuries resulted in the permanent loss of leg use, chronic neuropathic pain, 24-hour care requirements, and 20 prescription medications. Her initial medical bills totaled $985,411. Darden, with her mother and sister, filed a negligence lawsuit in the Illinois Circuit Court for Cook County against the City of Chicago and the City of Chicago Aviation Department. In August 2017, a jury awarded Tierney Darden $148 million for damages. The case resulted in the highest compensatory verdict awarded to an individual in the state of Illinois, and one of the top five in the United States, excluding punitive damages, wrongful death claims, and imprisoned defendants.
Keith Terry, Jr. was killed when his car, which was stopped due to traffic, was struck in the rear by a truck driver, pushing it into another truck trailer. Terry's family received a $3.75 million settlement.
Jordyn Bankston was the victim of a vicious dog attack. He received a $1.1 million settlement, the largest of its kind in the history of the State of Illinois.
George Baldwin, 22, was paralyzed from the chest down when the car he was a passenger in struck a utility box on Route 43 in Lake Bluff, IL. The case was tried to a record $33.2 million verdict. The award is believed to be the largest personal injury verdict in Lake County history.
Matthew Skonieczny of Algonquin, 3, suffered a left shoulder and arm injury during childbirth at an Arlington Height's hospital. The boy and his family were awarded $13.3 million. At the time, the award as nearly twice as large as any previous payout for that type of injury in Illinois. Lawyers and other experts said it may be the largest award of its kind in the nation.
Genesis Burkett of Chicago, Illinois was a newborn who died at just 40 days old, after getting a dose of sodium chloride that was 60 times more than prescribed, because of a pharmacy error at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. The case was settled for $8.25 million, which at the time was largest amount for a child`s death in Illinois. The case settled for $8.25 million, a record in Illinois for a child’s death.
Awards
In 2011, the National Trial Lawyers Association named him as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in the U.S. Also in 2011, the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and the Cook Country Jury Verdict Reporter gave Salvi the Trial Excellence Award. In 2007, the Lake County Bar Association gave him its Liberty Bell Award for contributions to the legal profession. In 2002, Salvi was inducted as a fellow into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. The information services company, Martindale-Hubbell, has given him its Highest Rating for Legal Ability and General Recommendation and named him to its Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. In a survey, the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Publishing Co.’s Leading Lawyer Network named him as one of the Top 5% of All Lawyers in Illinois. He is also a former president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and was appointed by the Supreme Court of Illinois as chairman of the Character and Fitness, Second District Committee of the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar, serving until the expiration of his term in 2013. In the most recent statewide surveys by both Illinois Leading Lawyers Network and Illinois Super Lawyers he was named one of the top 10 personal injury lawyers and top 10 Super Lawyers in all law categories.
