Gary Wickert was recently contacted by Beth Greenfield, a Yahoo News reporter for Yahoo Shine, regarding a new Chicago Transit Authority initiative to hold parents responsible for subway graffiti at the hands of their minor children. Yahoo ran across a chart depicting the parental responsibility laws for all 50 states contained on the Matthiesen, Wickert, & Lehrer, S.C. website (found HERE) and sought comment from Gary regarding the new CTA effort in light of Illinois law. The article can be found HERE. While the CTA is self-insured and graffiti cleanup is done at the expense of Illinois taxpayers, the new Chicago initiative should encourage private insurers to seek out similar subrogation opportunities across the country.
Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer S.C.
