16 July

Sticky

Naperville student sued for striking pedestrians in driver’s ed class

Posted by editor

By Christy Gutowski Tribune reporter 2:02 p.m. CDT, July 15, 2014 A Naperville teen who struck two pedestrians during a driver’s education class last year has been named in a recent lawsuit. The student is accused in a DuPage County lawsuit of striking a teen and her friend last July 12, 2013 in Naperville. The suit also names the father of the motorist, since she is a minor, and Indian Prairie School District 204, which owns the vehicle involved in the accident. According to the police report, the 15-year-old Waubonsie Valley High School student had just made a right turn when she “somehow...

14 June

0 Comments

Sticky

Motorcyclist killed by motorist involved in unrelated ‘road rage’ incident

Posted by editor

in Naperville

Staff report 2:48 a.m. CDT, June 14, 2012 A motorcyclist from Lombard was killed by another motorist involved in a "road rage" incident with another driver, Naperville police said. Killed was Gerald W. Puglise, 63, of the 2200 block of Highland Avenue in Lombard, according to Naperville police. The incident unfolded just after 5 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Ogden Avenue and River Road, authorities said. Motorcyclist killed by motorist involved in unrelated 'road rage' incident...

12 June

0 Comments

Sticky

Wrongful death lawsuit in 2011 drowning at Geneva dam

Posted by editor

in Naperville

By Harry Hitzeman Relatives of a Naperville man who died last August saving a child from drowning near a dam along the Fox River in Geneva has sued the city for wrongful death, arguing the city knew about the dangers posed by the lowhead dam but did not do enough to restrict access to that area. Randy Suchy, 59, died Aug. 5, 2011, saving a 12-year-old boy who slipped and fell into the water during a church outing. The Bolingbrook boy was rescued, but Suchy was caught in the boil for several minutes despite rescuers’ efforts to save him. Wrongful death lawsuit in 2011...

09 February

0 Comments

Sticky

New Illinois law grants immunity for those reporting a drug overdose

Posted by editor

in IL, Naperville

Just before Justin Tokar died of a drug overdose last January in unincorporated Will County, his panicked friend texted people questioning what to do, rather than call 911. A new law signed by Gov. Pat Quinn Monday would allow people like him to call 911 and report an overdose without fear of facing criminal charges for drug possession. “If this (law) would have been in place, it would have been a pretty simple decision,” said Tokar's mother, Karen Hanneman of Naperville, who lobbied in favor of the legislation. “Now people can think, ‘I'm not going to be arrested and I can make...

12 April

0 Comments

Sticky

$24 million award upheld in fatal ’04 crash

Posted by editor

in Aurora, IL, Naperville

By Bill Bird wbird@stmedianetwork.com Apr 5, 2011 OTTAWA — A near-$24 million wrongful death and personal injury award has been upheld, almost seven years to the day after a 10-vehicle traffic crash on Interstate 55 that killed two men from Naperville and Seneca and permanently injured a man from Aurora. A 3rd District Illinois Appellate Court panel on Wednesday upheld the record verdict rendered by a jury in Will County Circuit Court. It held three defendants liable for $23.75 million in the April 1, 2004, crash that killed Joseph G. Sperl of Naperville and Thomas Sanders of Seneca, and injured Aurora resident...

12 November

0 Comments

Sticky

Attack ads target Illinois Supreme Court justice

Posted by editor

in IL, Naperville

It's the latest battleground in a decade-long national struggle over the issue of massive jury awards for victims of negligence. But the campaign against Kilbride has stirred a robust backlash from fellow judges, prosecutors and legal scholars who argue that the ads are misleading at best. "It is just terrible, appalling," said Timothy Slavin, a former Republican state's attorney and circuit judge in Whiteside County who is past president of the Illinois Judges Association. "I wasn't always a supporter of Tom Kilbride, but this portrayal of him as hostile to law enforcement just is not true." The ads are airing on numerous radio...

Naperville

Naperville student sued for striking pedestrians in driver’s ed class

Motorcyclist killed by motorist involved in unrelated ‘road rage’ incident

Wrongful death lawsuit in 2011 drowning at Geneva dam

New Illinois law grants immunity for those reporting a drug overdose

$24 million award upheld in fatal ’04 crash

Attack ads target Illinois Supreme Court justice

Office Location