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Judge fines Hillside gravestone company owner

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The headstone of Jayleen Castaneda, who died at five months old, was finally delivered in June after several months of waiting and delays. (Alex Garcia/Chicago Tribune)

 By Jon Yates | A Hillside gravestone maker has been ordered to pay more than $15,000 in damages and fees for failing to deliver a headstone as quickly as promised.

The default judgment, entered Tuesday by DuPage judge Bruce Kelsey, requires Caesar Rizzi of Hillside Memorials Inc., to pay Jorge and Aurora Castaneda $10,000 in compensatory and punitive damages, and an additional $5,485 in court costs and legal fees.

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