Woman seeks damages from Oberweis in car crash

According to a lawsuit filed this week, a woman who was injured in a car crash with dairy executive Jim Oberweis last year is seeking more than $50,000 in damages from the congressional candidate.

In the lawsuit filed in Kane County Circuit Court, Maribel Villalobos of Batavia contends that when Oberweis hit her car on Nov. 7, 2006, he was making an illegal left turn, did not signal, was speeding, and was driving without his glasses.

Villalobos contends she was knocked unconscious in the crash and suffered neck and back injuries requiring physical therapy.

Oberweis is seeking the Republican nomination for U.S. representative for the 14th Congressional District. His campaign manager, William Pascoe, said the lawsuit was "for the insurance companies to work out."