Alton Memorial Hospital
Recent News About Alton Memorial Hospital
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Widow accuses physician, hospital of causing husband's death
EDWARDSVILLE — A widow is suing medical providers, alleging insufficient measures were taken to prevent her husband's death. -
Woman blames sepsis on providers' alleged malpractice
EDWARDSVILLE — A woman is suing Alton Multispecialist, Ltd., James A. Kliefoth, M.D., Alton Memorial Hospital and Mary Schmidt, M.D., medical care providers, citing alleged negligence and medical malpractice. -
Medical facility accused of safety shortcoming
EDWARDSVILLE — An estate executor is suing Alton Memorial Hospital, d/b/a Eunice Smith Home, a medical facility, citing negligence and alleging that insufficient measures were taken to prevent injuries. -
Wife sues Eunice Smith Home following husband's death
EDWARDSVILLE – A Madison County woman is suing an Alton nursing facility, alleging negligence caused the death of her husband. -
Eleven Madison County jury trials went to verdict in 2015; $830,028 awarded to four plaintiffs
Madison County saw 11 civil jury trials go all the way to verdict in 2015 with Madison County juries awarding a total of $830,028 this year in four of those cases.Of those jury verdicts in favor of the plaintiffs, two of those cases were personal injury lawsuits arising out of car accidents. The other two cases alleged wrongful termination and fraud. Of the 11 jury verdicts, seven cases ended in defense verdicts. Seven cases were law cases and four were arbitration cases that could not reach agr -
Doctor and practice seek to dismiss East Alton woman’s medical malpractice case
A physician and his practice seek to dismiss a patient’s lawsuit claiming they put off an emergency lumbar surgery for too long. -
Retired Madison County judge turned plaintiff attorney withdraws as counsel; Mendelsohn was pursuing med mal complaint before recall to bench
Ralph Mendelsohn withdrew from a client’s medical malpractice suit in order to return to his former station as associate judge of the Third Circuit. The suit, alleging negligence against Alton Memorial Hospital, Alton Women’s Health Center, and physician Saji Jacob, rolls on without him in federal court. Roy Dripps and Michael Blotevogel, of Armbruster, Dripps, Winterscheidt, and Blotevogel in Alton, now represent plaintiff Kyna Mitchell. Mendelsohn filed her suit on Feb. 20, in Madison Count -
Alton hospital and employee sued over collision
A Madison County couple is suing a hospital and its employee, alleging negligence in an automobile accident that they say resulted in permanent injuries. -
Couple sues following wife’s life-threatening surgical complications
A St. Clair County couple filed a lawsuit against a hospital and several healthcare entities, accuses them of medical malpractice when they perforated the patient's small bowel during surgery. -
East Alton woman sues over back surgery
A woman is suing two doctors and their practices for allegedly putting off an emergency lumbar surgery for too long. -
Nursing home resident's fall led to death, suit claims
A man died after falling at a nursing home, according to a recently filed court document.