PARAMEDIC SUES CITY IN WIFE'S DEATH : CLAIMANT FACES PRISON IN SEX CASE.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Daily News Staff Writer A county paramedic par·a·med·ic n. A person who is trained to give emergency medical treatment or assist medical professionals. paramedic who faces more than four years in prison for having sex with a teen-age relative is suing the city, claiming that a poor road design contributed to the head-on collision A head-on collision is one where the front ends of two ships, trains, planes or vehicles hit each other, as opposed to a side-collision or rear-end collision. Rail transport With rail, a head-on collision often implies a collision on a single line railway. that killed his wife. Jake Schonert is seeking unspecified damages against the city of Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, , Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County and the state, claiming that a lack of a center divider divider See European currency quotation. and an inappropriate speed limit on San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the showed negligence and contributed to the October 1995 death of Patricia Schonert. Also named in the lawsuit is Tyrone Stewart, the drunk driver who crossed into oncoming traffic and slammed into Patricia Schonert's car, killing her instantly. Stewart is serving a 10-year prison sentence for her death. Schonert's attorney Robert Francavilla declined Tuesday to comment. City Manager George Caravalho said the newly widened road was safe, but declined to elaborate on specific claims in the lawsuit pending court hearings. ``It's a sad situation,'' Caravalho said. ``We have to be sensitive to the guy who lost his wife, but it's another example of going after the deep pocket. Clearly the guy crossed the center line and caused the accident. Why should the taxpayers pay for that?'' Schonert filed the lawsuit on behalf of himself as well as Patricia Schonert's two children and the two the couple had together. All four children have been living with a relative after Schonert's arrest on charges of having sex with a female relative in the months after his wife's death. He pleaded no contest Monday to three felonies and is scheduled for a 90-day evaluation to determine his sentence. The lawsuit was filed Oct. 3. The death of Patricia Schonert, a former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy, was widely publicized pub·li·cize tr.v. pub·li·cized, pub·li·ciz·ing, pub·li·ciz·es To give publicity to. Adj. 1. publicized - made known; especially made widely known publicised because Jake Schonert's paramedic squad was en route to the scene when someone there recognized that the victim was his wife. The squad was turned back before it reached the crash. |
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