Thornton Township board approves settlement over personal injury lawsuit
Trustee Christopher Gonzalez acted as supervisor pro tempore as the board of trustees approved lingering township bills and a lawsuit settlement.
Thornton Township leadership approved a settlement in a personal injury lawsuit filed by Marvelia Green against the township at its meeting March 25.
Green initially sued the township for $50,000. The settlement amount is not known.
The suit alleged that in 2022, Green was thrown from her seat and into a support rail on the township-operated senior transportation service bus when the driver came to a sudden stop. Green sued for damages related to her medical care as a result of the incident.
The suit alleges the bus driver failed to render first aid or call for help once she realized Green was injured, and thus the township “failed to properly train and instruct its employees on the proper way to safely transport senior citizens.”
The meeting was the last before the April 1 election. Supervisor Tiffany Henyard, who lost the Democratic Party’s nomination for the township board, was absent. Township board ally trustee Darlene Gray Everett was also absent. Henyard has also served as mayor of Dolton, where she was a write-in candidate. Henyard would ultimately lose the Dolton election to trustee Jason House.
Township trustee Christopher Gonzalez, who would win his re-election bid for the township board, served as supervisor pro tempore in Henyard’s absence.
Official business
The board unanimously approved the township’s bills list, after trustee Carmen Carlisle removed certain items. Removed items included credit card and catering charges for “unapproved” events, according to Carlisle.
“These are things that we have taken out before — they didn’t come in compliance with the image ordinance,” Carlisle said.
The board returned from its 20-minute executive session and took no action on changing the supervisor’s vehicle stipend, which Henyard has received for the duration of her term.
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