2014-L-12244 (Illinois, Cook County)
When a family went to visit our client’s cemetery to visit family graves, one of the children in the family grabbed a gravestone for support, whereupon the gravestone fell on the child, injuring his leg. The parents brought suit against the cemetery on behalf of their son. As trial approached, plaintiffs made a demand of $95,000. However, Costello Legal drafted a motion for summary judgment on the issue that the duty to maintain gravestones belongs to the individual plot owners, not the cemetery, and the court agreed, granting the motion and dismissing the case.
