Grandparents sued in 3-year-old's death
Father of 3-year-old who drowned last year in Homer Glen is suing his parents for wrongful death
The father of a 3-year-old Colorado boy who drowned in a swimming pool while visiting his grandparents in southwest suburban Homer Glen last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the boy's grandparents.
Shaun Kackert alleges his parents' failure to properly supervise his son Nathan Kackert resulted in the boy's death, according to the lawsuit filed Sep. 26 in Will County Circuit Court.
Nathan Kackert, of Colorado Springs, Colo., died July 7, 2013, after he was found unresponsive in his grandparents' neighbor's swimming pool in the 13300 block of West Chicago-Bloomington Trail in Homer Glen.
At the time, the boy's grandfather, Don Kackert, said in an email that the family believed Nathan unlocked the front door while the family slept and wandered into the neighbor's pool.
Nathan, his parents and younger brother were visiting Don and Crystal Kackert before Nathan's father, Staff Sgt. Shaun Kackert, was scheduled to be deployed to Afghanistan, Don Kackert said last year.
The lawsuit alleges Nathan was in his grandparents' care when they were negligent in failing to supervise him, keep their home secure and notice that he'd left their home, according to court records.
Shaun Kackert said his attorney had advised him not to comment on the lawsuit, and Don and Crystal Kackert could not immediately be reached for comment.
"In hindsight, vision is always 20/20 and all of us will be haunted by 'what ifs' for the rest of our lives," Don Kackert said in an email last year. "Sometimes circumstances line up in ways that present tragic results. Now we only have fond memories of a sweet, young boy with no future."
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