CASE REPORT
Estate of Pedro Pasillas-Sanchez, deceased, Estate of Pedro Pasillas- Delgado, deceased v Consolidated Materials Inc. 18L-15 Tried Nov. 9-13, 2020
VERDICT: $9,000,000
JUDGE: Ronald A. Barch (IL, Boone 17th Jud Cir)
Patrick A. Salvi Patrick A. Salvi is the founder and Man- aging Equity Partner of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard. Pat concentrates his legal prac- tice in cases concerning serious personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death and mass torts. He has achieved several re- cord-breaking jury verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients, including serving as lead counsel on a trial team that won an Il- linois record high $148 million jury verdict on behalf of a young woman paralyzed at O’Hare Airport. Pat is a nationally recognized attorney who has been listed as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” since 2005. In 2017, Best Law- yers® named him the Plaintiff’s Personal Injury “Lawyer of the Year” in Chicago. He received The Jury Verdict Reporter and Law Bulletin Publishing Company awards for Trial Lawyer Excellence in 2011, 2012 and 2018. Additionally, Pat’s peers have selected him to the Illinois Super Lawyers Top 10 List every year since 2014 (out of 96,000 Illinois lawyers and all categories of law). Leading Lawyers Magazine has named Pat to three Top Ten Lists every year since 2016. Pat is a former President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and serves as Chair- man of the Notre Dame Law School Advi- sory Council.
PLTF ATTY(S): Patrick A. Salvi, Brian L. Salvi, Eirene N. Salvi of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard (Chicago, IL) for both pltfs DEMAND: $11,000,000 policies ASKED: $50,000,000 total DEFT ATTY(S): Jonathan W. Goken, F. Michael Pasqualino of Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith (Chicago, IL) (Cincinnati Insurance; Rockhill) OFFER: $3,000,000 total PLTF EXPERT(S): Dr. Lisa Rone (Psychiatrist); Dr. Laurie Philipps, Ph.D., 1650 N. Arlington Heights Road, #101, Arlington Heights, IL (847-584-1894) (Child Psychologist) for both pltfs On March 26, 2018, Pedro Pasillas-Delgado was driving a vehicle in Flora Town- ship (Boone County) with his father Pedro Pasillas-Sanchez as a passenger. They were traveling southbound on Stone Quarry Road when they were broad- sided at the intersection with Bloods Point Road by a westbound pickup truck being driven by an employee of deft trucking company Consolidated Materials. The driver of the Ford F-550 pickup had failed to yield at a stop sign on Bloods Point Road. The force of the impact caused both vehicles to flip over. Pasillas- Delgado and Pasillas-Sanchez both died at the scene of the crash, while deft’s driver was not seriously injured. Pasillas-Sanchez M-52 was survived by his wife and four children (ages between 13 and 28). Pasillas-Delgado M-22 was survived by his mother and four siblings. Pltfs’ experts testified about all five family members’ grief and their need for future psychological treatment related to ongoing issues including clinical depression, anxiety disorder and PTSD. The defense admitted liability prior to trial and deft’s driver was dismissed. Defense counsel suggested the jury should award a total of approximately $3.3 million combined for both estates. The jury reportedly deliberated two hours. The verdict is the highest for Boone County in JVR’s records and the full amount of the award was paid post-trial. This case was the subject of a Chicago Daily Law Bulletin article on November 18, 2020.
JURY VERDICT REPORTER • 2022 ANNUAL TRIAL LAWYER EXCELLENCE AWARDS 61
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