West Suburban Medical Center ownership settled a lawsuit with the family of a woman who “decomposed” in the hospital’s morgue as the hospital’s cooling system failed.
The hospital agreed to a $110,000 total payout to the woman’s children on June 12, 2025, according to Cook County Court records. The case is just one in a slew of serious legal matters related to the hospital’s operations to have hit the county court system since the embattled Resilience Healthcare took over management of the now-closed safety-net hospital three-and-a-half years ago.
The hospital closed in late March, with ownership citing a revenue collapse tied to the failure of the hospital’s billing system. A Cook County judge’s decision on whether the potential reopening of the hospital will be put in the hands of a court-appointed receiver is expected later this week…