Lawsuit Filed in Crash that Injured Man, Killed Bull Near Plainfield

A Joliet man injured when he crashed his car into a bull is blaming the animal's owner.

Court Supervision: Surprise Witness!

A surprise witness in the Mokena coma punch case turning the trial upside down was just one of the things going on in court this week.

The week finished up with a bang when a surprise witness dropped explosive testimony on the Mokena coma punch case. With Joseph Messina of New Lenox facing felony aggravated battery charges for allegedly beating Eric Bartels of Joliet into a coma in July 2009, witness Steve Raymond of Frankfort came out of nowhere and testified that he saw another man throw the fateful punch. Raymond explained that he kept quiet for years because he expected close friend Mike Glielmi to come clean about punching Bartels. That didn't happen, and Raymond, who is also close friends with Messina, told how he empathized with Bartels' family after his own sister suffered severe brain injuries in a July 2011 motorcycle accident. It was only a year or so after the…

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Bull Lawsuit Filed in Connection With Kendall County Crash

A Joliet man injured when he crashed his car into a bull is blaming the animal's owner.

A Joliet man is suing the owner of a bull for allegedly letting the animal walk out on a Kendall County road and into the path of his Toyota. The lawsuit filed on behalf of Joliet resident Ghulam D. Butt claims that after running head-on into the bull Butt crashed into a ditch and was injured. Butt's son directed questions about the crash and lawsuit to his attorney. But the lawyer who filed the lawsuit, Mark T. Schneid of Naperville, failed to return calls for comment. According to the lawsuit, Butt was heading south on Ridge Road in Na-Au-Say township on Aug. 30 when a "bull animal walked into the roadway directly in front of (his) vehicle causing a severe frontal impact to (his) vehicle and causing (Butt) to lose control and crash into …

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9:01 am on Tuesday, December 18, 2012

So the driver is at fault here?   more ›

UPDATED: Bull Struck and Killed in Ridge Road Crash

Plainfield police are investigating accident that killed animal, sent man to hospital.

Updated at 7 p.m. Aug. 31 Police had to put down a bull that was severely injured after being struck by a car late Thursday night near Ridge and Wheeler roads. Sgt. Mike Fisher said the animal had wandered off a farm near Route 126 and Ridge Road and was hit by a car. The driver of the vehicle was taken to Provena Saint Joseph hospital in fair condition following the crash. Fisher said the darkeness may have made it difficult for the driver to see the black bull. "It's a real dark area out there," Fisher said. "Obviously, the bull was hurt very badly," he said. "Our officers dispatched the animal humanely." Original story: A driver was taken to Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet in fair condition after his vehicle struck a bull …

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