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TWO LOCAL LIMO COMPANIES ARE
FACING A LAWSUIT FOLLOWING A
FATAL CRASH NEAR CHICAGO LAST
MONTH.
SEVEN PEOPLE FROM THE MADISON
AREA WERE IN A LIMO
HEADING TO O'HARE WHEN THE
VEHICLE CRASHED ON THE
INTERSTATE.
6 WERE INJURED AND ONE WAS
KILLED.
NOW TWO OF THE VICTIMS HAVE
FILED A SUIT DEMANDING
ANSWERS.
NBC 15'S JALEESA IRIZARRY SPOKE
WITH THEIR ATTORNEY.
9:43
THIS INVOLVED TWO WONDERFUL MEN
AND
THERE LIVES HAVE BEEN ALTERED
AND SHATTERED.
TIM CAVANAGH IS THE ATTORNEY FOR
MICHAEL
JOHNSON AND ROBERT ROSA TWO OF
THE PASSENGERS IN LAST MONTH'S
CRASH.
THE ATTORNEY SAYS WHILE JOHNSON
IS DOING
BETTER ROSA REMAINS IN CRITICAL
CONDITION.
--5:40
ROBERT HAS A SERIOUS SPINAL CORD
INJURY AND
HAS HAD A NUMBER OF SURGERIES
AND THERE'S MORE SURGERIES
COMING UP. THE SUIT AGAINST THE
DRIVER, AS WELL AS
LYONS LIMOUSINE AND ZENITH
LIMOUSINE WAS FILED ON THE SAME
DAY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT DEMANDED THE LYONS
LIMOUSINE COMPANY TO SHUT DOWN,
SAYING THE BUSINESSES
POSED AN IMMINENT HAZARD TO
PUBLIC SAFETY.
4:32
THIS DRIVER, HIS OWN LICENSE WAS
SUSPENDED
HE DIDN'T HAVE A CDL LICENSE
WHICH IS REQUIRED, HE WAS 20
YEARS OLD SO TOO
YOUNG TO BE DRIVING OVER STATE
LINES WITH A LIMO AND ANY STATE
BACKGROUND CHECK
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE WITH
ANY REPUTABLE COMPANY WOULD HAVE
SHOWED
THAT THIS GUY HAD 5 DRIVING
CONVICTIONS.
AS FOR ZENITH LIMOUSINE,
CAVANAGH
SAYS THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT THE TWO COMPANIES
RELATIONSHIP.
--3:16
WHAT I DO KNOW FOR A FACT THERE
WAS A
PLACARD ON THE LIMO THAT
INDICATES THAT ZENITH LIMOUSINE
WAS OPERATING IT AND THEY
HAD AT SOME POINT, AND ALL I'VE
SEEN IS MEDIA ACCOUNTS THAT
LYONS LIMO AND ZENITH HAD SOME
BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WHETHER
FROM, WHAT DATE TO WHAT DATE,
THAT WAS
GOING, WHETHER IT WAS ONGOING? I
DON'T KNOW WE'LL FIND OUT IN
DISCOVERY IN THE LAWSUIT.
JALEESA IRIZARRY, NBC 15 NEWS
CAVANAGH SAYS THEY ARE ALSO
LOOKING INTO THE CONSTRUCTION
ZONE AND IF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN
MAY HAVE PLAYED A ROLE IN THE
CRASH.
WE REACHED OUT TO LYONS
LIMOUSINE AND HAVE YET TO HEAR
BACK.
WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO ZENITH
LIMOUSINE AND THEY TOLD US, NO
ONE WAS AVAILABLE TO COMMENT ON
THE MATTER TODAY.