The wrongful-death lawsuit alleges that the Gilbert Avenue crossing gates trapped the 57-year-old Chicago woman's car on the tracks, leading to the crash.
A lawsuit filed Wednesday seeking more than $150,000 accuses Metra and the Village of La Grange of liability in the Feb. 2012 train-versus-car crash that killed a 57-year-old Chicago woman, the The Doings La Grange reports. According to the paper, the administrator to the estate of Maria G. Hinojosa is claiming negligence in the operation of the crossing gates and signals at Gilbert Avenue, where Hinojosa's car was struck by an eastbound Metra train. The suit claims that Hinojosa's car was trapped between the warning gates, the paper said. Such a claim contradicts a finding by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office that the crash was an intentional suicide. The train's conductor, who the paper said is also blamed in the lawsuit, has …
The former member of St. Francis Xavier Parish alleges that her counselor at the church, an assisting priest, "coerced" her into a sexual relationship in 2003.
The former member of St. Francis Xavier Parish alleges that her counselor at the church, an assisting priest, "coerced" her into a sexual relationship in 2003.
In a seven-count, $300,000 suit filed against the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Chicago Province of the Society of Jesuits, a former member of St. Francis Xavier Parish in La Grange is charging that she was "coerced" into sex acts by a priest at the church in 2003, The Doings La Grange reports. According to the paper, the "Jane Doe" plaintiff alleges that the priest, also a clinical psychologist and her counselor for depression, capitalized on her "emotional dependence" in order to manipulate her into a sexual relationship A spokeswoman for the Archdiocese told the paper she was unable to comment at the time, citing unfamiliarity with the suit; the Province could not be reached. Read the full story at the Doings La Grange website. Get …
Teri D. Springer
6:00 pm on Monday, February 11, 2013
"when you do get a meritless case dismissed, you have to savour it like fine wine." This is why I could never be an attorney....I tend to be very black and white...and, as one of my elementary school teachers once noted, my sword of justice and fairness is swift.... more ›