Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 19, Number 10, DeMotte, Jasper County, 4 February 1949 — DeMotte Youth Asks $12,700 Damages [ARTICLE]

DeMotte Youth Asks $12,700 Damages

Rudolph Hendrich Of DeMotte Brings Action Against Edward Burke Of Wheatfield • Rudolph Hendrich of DeMotte has brought an action in Jasper circuit court in which he seeks $12,700 damages from Edward Burke of Wheatfield. The plaintiff seeks $12,500 for injuries sustained when his motor bike was struck by Burke’s car a mile north of DeMotte on May 12, 1948, and S2OO for damage to his motor bike. Hendrich says he was enroute to his employment in the Calumet district when he pulled the bike off the highway to readjust the transmission belt and that Burke, whom he alleges was traveling sixty miles an hour struck him and his The plaintiff was a hospital patient for several weeks.