Has your child been harmed at school or on a school bus?

Has your child suffered physical and/or emotion pain and stress due to this harm?

John M. Kogut can protect the rights of your child.

Just one example... Child Endangerment. Was your child left on a school bus for a long period time, alone, without any adult supervision? Then your child might need the help of an attorney. John Kogut has successfully litigated for the personal injury to children in these situations.

Call 815-722-5000, or submit a question online (secure SSL 128bit Encription), and get a consultation about your child's harmful injury situation. (read the Illinois Criminal Statute below - law subject to change)

Illinois Criminal Statute

720 ILCS 5/12-21.6 (2004)

Sec. 12-21.6. Endangering the life or health of a child.

  1. It is unlawful for any person to willfully cause or permit the life or health of a child under the age of 18 to be endangered or to willfully cause or permit a child to be placed in circumstances that endanger the child's life or health, except that it is not unlawful for a person to relinquish a child in accordance with the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act [325 ILCS 2/1 et seq.].
  2. There is a rebuttable presumption that a person committed the offense if he or she left a child 6 years of age or younger unattended in a motor vehicle for more than 10 minutes.
  3. "Unattended" means either:
    1. not accompanied by a person 14 years of age or older; or
    2. if accompanied by a person 14 years of age or older, out of sight of that person.
  4. A violation of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation of this Section is a Class 3 felony. A violation of this Section that is a proximate cause of the death of the child is a Class 3 felony for which a person, if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a term of not less than 2 years and not more than 10 years.