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 a ditch."
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The suit blames Romero Sanchez of Joliet for allegedly letting the bull loose. The suit also claims Sanchez owns the bull.
Sanchez could not be immediately reached for comment.
Butt's son declined to say how badly his father was hurt or if the injuries he allegedly suffered in the crash still plague him. Butt was treated at Provena St. Joseph Medical Center after the crash.
The lawsuit makes no mention of what became of the bull, but the Plainfield police ended up putting it out of its misery after he ran into it with his car.
Ryan K
8:08 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012
This is a bunch of "bull"
Despiser of Obama
8:23 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012
Didn't the bull sound it's horns?
Smokingdiesel
10:12 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012
I don't bull-eve it.
Jacqueline
11:05 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012
Did you look at the photos of the car? The owner of he bull is responsible. He's lucky the driver wasn't killed. No bull.
Despiser of Obama
11:09 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012
Was the bull in the cross walk or jay walking!
Tyler Foley
11:36 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012
The bull was turned into "Redbull"
Black Bart
11:51 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012
That car was mooooving way too fast.
oh deer
4:59 am on Friday, December 7, 2012
I am glad they didn't butt heads, or did they?
Joel Craig
7:59 am on Friday, December 7, 2012
I knew this guy would end up as the butt of a few jokes around here today.
jono
8:48 am on Friday, December 7, 2012
Was the bull wearing his seat belt????in bull-eveable....
Despiser of Obama
9:22 am on Friday, December 7, 2012
Did he try to steer out of the way.
Reality Bytes!
9:48 am on Friday, December 7, 2012
Son of a butt says his father hit the bull and his butt ended up in the ditch, butt where did the bull's butt end up??? in the ditch or on his butt???
Infamous Steve
9:49 am on Friday, December 7, 2012
What a bunch of terriBULL puns! Had to get mine in I guess...
Ed Arter
9:54 am on Friday, December 7, 2012
Isn't that road a Bull-a-vard established by the steer-ing committee?
nic
10:07 am on Friday, December 7, 2012
I was driving down that road that night. I could see the moonlight on the bull's hide as he writhed in pain. Point is, the guy was driving to fast, as most do down that road, and did not slow when there was an object in the road. Bull's don't move as fast as a deer. They can't just jump out at you. Additionally, anyone driving down that road knows there are farms around and possibly animals. I once picked up a Basset Hound that was in the road near the intersection at 126.
GenQuad4
9:01 am on Tuesday, December 18, 2012
So the driver is at fault here?
Despiser of Obama
10:17 am on Friday, December 7, 2012
Sue for what? Would he sue the State if he struck a deer in the roadway. Dark and unfamiliar road drive slower and more cautiously.
Melissa R. Olin-Gibson
10:46 am on Friday, December 7, 2012
That is just absurd….like the owner told the bull to go walk on the road….what if it had been a deer? Who would they sue then – the county for letting the deer roam free? !@#$%%^ I think people are just SUE happy….
B
11:04 am on Friday, December 7, 2012
This is an interesting story Butt I'm tired of hearing all the bull puns.
T-Bone
9:50 am on Sunday, December 9, 2012
Oh Bullogna!
John Roberts
11:46 am on Friday, December 7, 2012
If you take posession of an animal then you are responsible for that animal,you can go to jail if you mistreat it.You Can be sued if it gets out and does damage...Bulls are not supposed to be in the road,their supposed to be in a pen.cars however are supposed to be on the road.no matter how fast....The deer theory...No one is in posession,or care or responsible for the animal..it can go freely from here to Canada.It is a free roaming animal... I know a guy who rents bulls and takes them to the Rodeo on Briggs street..They are transferred from one individual to another and that person is responsible for the care of the bulls.or he will be sued by the owner of the bulls..Now what entitles him to sue for damage to his bulls? because he owns,cares for them.Along with houses them.
Despiser of Obama
11:59 am on Friday, December 7, 2012
I wonder if the steer was cited?
Despiser of Obama
12:00 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
Wrong no matter on how fast. That's way we have speed limit laws. It's ignorance and disregard to the law to speed and the cause of most accidents. Speed,speed who cares if there's a speed limit. It's all about me and how fast one wants to go. I guess the owner if the bill my hoof the bill.
John Roberts
9:36 am on Saturday, December 8, 2012
Well obviously there are speed limits..but if the guy was driving 30 or 50 he was allowed to be on the road and the bull was not...wow
Kathy Fergie
12:27 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
I bet the bull crapped.
Despiser of Obama
12:29 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
So did the driver.
nic
2:39 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
It's fine to say that the owner is responsible for the damage the animal causes.. such as, if the car had been parked. However, driving to fast and failure to avoid an accident is the driver's fault.
John Roberts
9:45 am on Saturday, December 8, 2012
So if the rodeo on briggs street has a bull get loose and you hit it..Your not going to sue?..Bullsh.. The first thing your going to do is sit there and wait for an ambulance.then your going to wear a neck brace and walk with a cane and sue the crap out of the rodeo...All of you are full of Bull... Your going to get your money you can..especially from a business...roads are for cars...not bulls....This is just like if your dog gets out and bites someone.or someone hits it because it ran out in front of them and damages their car....You were responsible for that animal and all the damages it caused..people have lost their houses,cars,and have their pay wages docked to pay for damages a dog did to someone...go a head let your animals out and see if you don't get sued for damages,..you know all of you would sue..out of a car,maybe job because you have no car,the pain your in from the accident...The only thing that would be going through all of your minds is how to sue the crap out of someone...if you own it you are responsible for it...Ask the farmers who's crops get damaged by someone else's animals how much money you can get...quite a bit they will tell you...$5000 for the car and 2 million for pain and suffering..like the lady who was rear ended $4000 for car and 1.6 million because she was scared to drive again....remember what state you live in.
richard
9:02 am on Sunday, December 9, 2012
Did anyone ask the bull "why it was crossing the street?"......
jono100
9:16 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
This was not the first time the bull was in the street...so why did the bull cross the road?