A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the parents of a car salesman from Crystal Lake killed during a test drive in South Barrington.
Roger Czapski, 22, died Aug. 4 after the BMW sedan he was riding in collided with an oncoming car. The car was turning left from Algonquin Road onto Willow Creek Church Drive.
An emergency hearing will be held this morning to protect the vehicle and any other evidence needed for the civil trial, which could get under way in the next year, said Timothy J. Cavanagh, an attorney representing Mark Czapski and Anna Czapski-Florek.
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Czapski was a front-seat passenger in the BMW and a one-year employee at Motor Werks of Barrington.
The lawsuit, filed late Monday in the Circuit Court of Cook County, alleges negligence against Christopher Maher of Inverness, the test driver of the BMW, and Sarah Ferris of Schaumburg, the driver of the Saturn that the BMW collided with.
Ferris, 26, was released from St. Alexius Medical Center the day of the accident. Maher, 20, remains in critical condition at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, according to a hospital spokesman.
According to the lawsuit, Maher was careless and negligent by speeding and failing to maintain control of the BMW or to reduce speed. The suit also alleges Ferris is at fault for failing to yield, reduce speed, and maintain proper lookout and control of her Saturn.
An effort to reach Ferris for comment Monday night was unsuccessful.
Czapski was the only occupant wearing a seat belt. There were also two backseat passengers, 20-year-old Thomas Guarnieri of Lake Barrington and 21-year-old Paul Jasinski of McHenry.
Guarnieri was released from St. Alexius Medical Center on Aug. 6. Jasinski was in fair condition at Advocate Lutheran General in Park Ridge, a nursing supervisor said.