Grayslake auto repair shop sued after 2 die from carbon monoxide poisoning

An auto repair shop in Grays Lake failed to warn their customers that they were driving a defective car. Now, this same place is getting sued for wrongful death after two people died last year of carbon monoxide poisoning. Brett Boganski is live in Crystal Lake tonight. And, Brett, the lawyer of the family who's suing says all of this was preventable. And that's what he told me earlier today. And it was about one year ago at this subdivision in Crystal Lake when police got a call about two people who were pulled over to the side of the road. It looked like they were sleeping inside the car. But when police officers arrived, they found Yasamar. Morales Sanchez and Kirby Graham dead inside the car. So Graham was 32 years old when he died. Sanchez was only 20 years old when they died. And court documents said they died of carbon monoxide poisoning from what they are claiming was a car's defective exhaust system. And this reportedly started in Grays Lake at Amerimex Muffler's Brakes and Auto Repair when Graham took his car in for an inspection and to repair the car's exhaust system. So this is a wrongful death lawsuit that is claiming that the car shop did not repair the problem. They knew about Graham's car having a defective exhaust system, but they say in this lawsuit they did not tell him about it, and then they allowed him to drive out of the shop. The lawsuit also says the shop should have known there were excessive levels of carbon monoxide entering the car, which created what they're calling unreasonably dangerous conditions. It's true that the mechanics that Technical expert at the defendant let these kids leave the store, the shop with a vehicle that was unreasonably dangerous, then that is negligence and under the wrongful death act, they're responsible to that mother. And we did reach out to the car shop for comment, especially about the allegations in this wrongful death lawsuit. I'm still waiting to hear back. But you just heard from the lawyer, Guy Glar, who told me that he's also been having a hard time trying to get a hold of the owner of this auto shop. He was trying to find out if they have a lawyer, what their insurance is like. But he also told me that he wants to add the Graham family. To this wrongful death lawsuit to have them be on their side in this case. Certainly we're going to continue watching this in McHenry County for this wrongful death lawsuit, but we are live in Crystal Lake tonight. Brett Poganski Fox Chicago.