BELLEVILLE – St. Clair County Circuit Judge Christopher Kolker transferred a wrongful death complaint filed by Swansea attorney Tom Keefe to a new court.
EDWARDSVILLE – Two survivors of a tornado that killed six persons in an Amazon fulfillment center on Dec. 10, 2021, joined litigation of the disaster in March.
Several healthcare facilities accused of willful and wanton misconduct seek to dismiss a suit alleging a patient died after dialing 911 while admitted at the hospital because no one responded to her distress calls.
Keefe
EDWARDSVILLE An Edwardsville long-term care facility is accused of negligent care that led to a patient s pressure ulcers and infection.
Andre Jackson, as executor of the Estate of Jane Hornberger filed a complaint May 13 in the Third Judicial Circuit for Madison County against Dean Schueler, M.D., Anderson Medical Group LLC and Bravo Care of Edwardsville Inc., doing business as Rosewood Care Center of Edwardsville alleging negligence.
Jackson alleges in his complaint that in December 2018, Jane Hornberger developed an early state coccygeal/sacral decubitus ulcer. The ulcer allegedly became worse under the care of the defendants and caused Hornberger to suffer prolonged medical treatment, pain and suffering. Jackson claims the defendants failed to regularly evaluate Hornberger s ulcer for an infection and failed to order a timely evaluation or treatment by a wound care professional. Hornberger later died on July 17, 2020.
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BELLEVILLE Touchette Regional Hospital and one of its physicians is accused of failing to diagnose and treat a patient s myocardial infarction.
Clifford Conway filed a complaint March 5 in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Richard Shaffer, M.D., Envision Physician Services LLC and Touchette Regional Hospital Inc., alleging negligence.
According to Conway s complaint, he came under the care of the defendants on Aug. 2, 2019. While under their care, Conway alleges the defendants failed to diagnose his myocardial infarction, failed to evaluate and transfer him in a timely manner and failed to take a proper physical and proper medical history.