A co-owner of operations for the closed Oak Park hospital West Suburban Medical Center has now filed a counter-lawsuit against his business partner, asking a Cook County judge to appoint a neutral third-party to assume control over the hospital’s operations after allegations of failed management and “misappropriating” state funds meant to serve the community.
This lawsuit is the latest skirmish in a weeks-long fight over who will control, and ideally reopen, the suddenly shuttered safety net hospital…