Suit: Boy Hurt By Tribune Newspaper Box
CHICAGO (STMW) - A mother filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Tribune Co. Monday after one of its newspaper dispensers allegedly tipped over onto her son this summer on the Southwest Side.
Jennie Hernandez claims a Chicago Tribune newspaper dispenser tipped over onto her son Pedro Suarez III on Aug. 11 at 2650 S. California Ave., according to a suit filed in Cook County Circuit Court.
The suit claims, among other things, the Tribune Company failed to check if the dispenser could support the inventory and failed to properly secure the dispenser.
The stand tipped over and struck the boy in the leg, causing permanent injury and disfigurement, the suit said.
Chicago Tribune Company spokeswoman Kate Mersman said the company does not comment on pending lawsuits.
Hernandez and Suarez are seeking more than $50,000.
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