On May 13, 2009, Timothy J. Cavanagh and Matthew M. Rundio of Cavanagh Law Group filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the family of Dijion Sanders, age 6. Dijion was killed on May 9, 2009, when the garage door at 9228 S. Saginaw Avenue, Chicago, Illinois closed on his body.
The lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County. The lawsuit named Sears Roebuck & Company, the manufacturer of the garage door opener, Mid America Door Company, the company that installed the garage door and Darrell Washington, the owner of the property as defendants. The complaint alleges that the garage door opener should have been equipped with an electronic sensor to stop a garage door from crushing a child.
Tomorrow morning, Cavanagh Law Group will present an Emergency Motion to Preserve Evidence requesting that the garage door, garage door opener and all pertinent evidence be preserved. The purpose of the Motion is to ensure that the court retains jurisdiction over all pertinent evidence so that it is preserved for the civil trial.
Tim Cavanagh stated:
Dijion was a happy young boy surrounded by a loving family. This tragedy could have been avoided had the garage door opener come equipped with a sensor to stop the garage door from crushing the body of an innocent 6 year old boy.
Dijon is survived by his parents, Angela C. Washington-Sanders and Marshall D. Sanders, and six siblings. Services are pending.
The case is entitled Angela C. Washington-Sanders and Marshall D. Sanders, Co-Special Administrators of the Estate of Dijion Sanders, Deceased v. Darrell Washington, Mid-America Door Company and Sears Roebuck & Company 09 L 5674.
