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Melrose Park settles to end Westlake Hospital legal fight for $1.5M; Edelson firm could get 20%
After nearly a year and a half of litigation in multiple courts, Melrose Park and Pipeline Health have settled the lawsuits over the closure of Westlake Hospital for $1.5 million, potentially minus 20% to pay their lawyers. -
Kim Foxx reenters legal fight over Westlake Hospital, says hospital closure broke state law
Westlake owners Pipeline Health Systems closed hospital under bankruptcy in 2019, saying they were losing millions of dollars per month. The state's attorney says the bankruptcy involved a "sham entity." -
Pipeline: Melrose Park's lawsuit over Westlake Hospital closure rests on 'fantasy' theory
Westlake's owners say the village's lawsuit demanding payout for 'fraud' trespasses on state authority and relies on an 'unconstitutional' village ordinance. -
Lawsuit dropped vs Quorum Health over closure of MetroSouth hospital in Blue Island
The legal action, which had been led by lawyers from Edelson P.C., was quietly withdrawn in November. -
Mercy Health can open micro-facility in Crystal Lake, appeals court rules
Appeals justices said the state board could find the lack of service in Crystal Lake, specifically, overrode concerns about excess hospital beds in McHenry County, overall. -
Company that wants to buy MetroSouth hospital hires Edelson lawyers, sues to stop owners from closing hospital
The would-be buyers of a Blue Island hospital have hired the Edelson firm to sue the hospital's owners, to stop them from closing the hospital after they decided not to sell. -
Melrose Park asks judge to toss Westlake Hospital bankruptcy filing, says was done in 'bad faith'
Saying the owners of Westlake Hospital have proceeded in “bad faith,” the village of Melrose Park has asked a federal bankruptcy court to refuse to allow Westlake Hospital to proceed with its bankruptcy and the fate of the financially-troubled hospital should be decided in Cook County court. -
Melrose Park hospital owners say village and Kim Foxx have no say whether privately run health care facility closes
The owner of Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park said village officials and Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx have no skin in the game to keep the financially struggling facility open against the owner’s wishes. -
Melrose Park lawyers: Hospital regulators appointed by Pritzker voted illegally on Westlake closure
Lawyers for the village of Melrose Park say two people appointed by Gov. JB Pritzker to a state hospital regulatory panel improperly voted to allow a controversy-plagued hospital to close, because their appointments had not yet been approved by the state Senate. -
Legal fight over fate of Westlake Hospital draws in unusual players, in 'complex, complicated' court fight
'Complex, complicated' court fight over Westlake Hospital places judges, state officials at center of unprecedented fight over attempt to close money-losing Melrose Park health care facility. -
IL Supreme Court reinstates restraining order on Melrose Park hospital closure; appeals court had thrown it out
The Illinois Supreme Court has reinstated, for now, a temporary restraining order on the closure of a Melrose Park hospital, after a state appeals panel had earlier ruled the restraining order had been granted wrongly, because the village of Melrose Park had no power under the law to request the action. -
Melrose Park sues new owners of Westlake Hospital, accuses of fraud in attempt to close hospital
The village of Melrose Park is suing the new owners of Westlake Hospital, accusing the owners of committing fraud by attempting to close the hospital only months after the village claims the owners promised the village and Illinois state regulators the hospital would remain open.