BELLEVILLE — A patient is suing an O'Fallon hospital and medical team, alleging she suffered permanent injuries after she was treated negligently.
Alliyah Thomas filed a complaint March 28 in St. Clair County Circuit Court against physician assistant Michael Brazelton, Dr. Jeffrey Shafer and St. Elizabeth's Hospital of The Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, alleging negligence
The suit states Thomas was a patient in the emergency room of St. Elizabeth's Hospital in O'Fallon with dizziness and vertigo on Nov. 3, 2018. Thomas alleges she was treated negligently by the medical team, resulting in a brain stem cerebral vascular accident Nov. 29, 2018. Thomas alleges she suffered permanent damage and disability.
Thomas seeks judgment of more than $75,000, plus associated costs. She is represented by attorney Thomas Q. Keefe Jr. of Keefe, Keefe & Unsell PC in Belleville.
St. Clair County Circuit Court case number 19-L-248