Ambulance’s Fire Extinguisher’s Discharge Leads to Illinois Suit

A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of an Illinois woman who was injured when an ambulance’s fire extinguisher discharged.

Rachelle Kunke was injured when a fire extinguisher on a Kurtz Ambulance Service medi-van “discharged part or all of its contents causing Kunke to be exposed to the contents of the fire extinguisher.”

However, Kunke did not file the suit. Rather, Insurance Program Managers Group and Presence Villa Franciscan Rehabilitation Center filed the lawsuit against Kurtz Ambulance Service on a subrogation claim. IPMG and Presence Villa paid for Kunke’s “temporary total disability and medical expenses.”

The suit was filed Monday in Will County Court and names Kurtz Ambulance Service, Inc., United Technologies Corporation, Buckley Fire Equipment and Amerex Corp.

The complaint is not available. Here is more on the story.