Abd'al Hakim Ali, as executor of the Estate of Joyce Stanback, filed a wrongful death suit Dec. 2 in the Cook County Circuit Court against Franciscan Alliance Inc., St. James Hospital and Health Centers, St. James Health-Olympia Fields and Franciscan St. James Health-Olympia Fields.
According to the complaint, Joyce Stanback was admitted to St. James Hospital on March 3 with abdominal pain and nausea and transferred to a different facility on March 27.
During her time at St. James, the suit states claims Stanback developed a stage IV sacral decubitus ulcers, which were removed on March 29. Ali claims Stanback died on May 4 of conditions caused or exacerbated by the improper care of St. James and that the ulcers were preventable.
Ali is suing for negligence and wrongful death and is seeking more than $50,000 in damages. He is being represented by Brian J. Holmes.
Cook County Circuit Court Case No. 2013L013678.
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