Orland Park teacher sues priest, restaurant in fatal hit-and-run
02/19/2020 7:57 am PST
via WGN:
ORLAND PARK, Ill. (WGN) -- A school teacher in Orland Park is suing a retired priest over a hit-and-run accident in December.
Elizabeth Kosteck and her co-worker Margaret Leja were walking to their cars after a holiday party Dec. 4. Both women were struck by a car driven by Father Paul Burak. Leja was killed.
The lawsuit names Burak and the restaurant that Kosteck said over-served him at the party.
Burak was initially charged with aggravated DUI but that charge was later dropped.
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