Joliet Sued By Woman Who Tripped Over Stump

JOLIET, IL - A Joliet woman, Maria Sandoval, has retained a downtown Chicago personal injury law firm to sue the city of Joliet in connection with an incident that allegedly happened a year ago, on July 6, 2017. Her lawsuit states that Joliet owned and managed a city parkway in front of 404 North Hickory Street. Although the lawsuit does not say it, that address is St. John the Baptist Catholic Church.

"On July 6, plaintiff Maria Sandoval was on the premises as a pedestrian walking across the parkway at or in front of the address ... Maria Sandoval was caused to slip and fall due to a cut tree stump located in the aforementioned parkway," her lawyer Kevin McNamara informed Will County's judicial system.

Their lawsuit blames the city for her apparent tumble. Tthe city "allowed the subject tree stump to become and remain in a defective condition" and it had "failed to barricade the defective condition of the parkway and tree stump," the lawsuit states.

Sandoval, who lives in the 600 block of North Bluff Street, has asked Will County's court system to award her more than $50,000 in damages, plus the costs for bringing the lawsuit.

"Upon review, I have concluded that the plaintiff has a meritorious claim for damages in an amount in excess of $50,000," her lawyer wrote Will County's Courthouse.

The city of Joliet has yet to file its formal response to this week's lawsuit.

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