(IL) Chicago Tribune – The widow of a former Crestwood resident who died of lymphoma in 2003 sued the village and its former mayor Thursday, claiming that contaminated drinking water caused his death.
John Maan De Kok, who lived in Crestwood from 1969 to 1990, received a diagnosis in 2000 of stage IV non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, according to the suit. He died three years later at age 39, leaving behind a wife and two young children, said attorney Michael Mertz.
“I think it’s unconscionable that the Village of Crestwood and its leaders placed the health of their residents at risk, and I think this family paid the ultimate price,” Mertz said. More