EDWARDSVILLE — An Alton woman claims EMS agents failed to properly treat and transport her husband, resulting in his death.
Benita Hopkins, individually and as special administrator of the Estate of Chad Hopkins, filed a complaint Dec. 10 in the Madison County Circuit Court against the City of Alton, alleging wrongful death.
According to Benita Hopkins' complaint, her husband Chad Hopkins became ill on Dec. 13, 2018, and required emergency medical services from the Alton Fire Department EMS at their home on Central Avenue in Alton. She alleges that her husband's death on Dec. 13, 2018, was a result of the EMS personnel failing to properly monitor, access and treat him. She further alleges the EMS personnel failed to have the ambulance "properly stocked" and that their equipment was not properly maintained. Hopkins claims her husband was not transported in a "timely" manner to a medical facility and that Alton failed to properly train its EMS agents.
Hopkins seeks compensation of more than $50,000, trial by jury and all other just relief. She is represented by Craig Jensen and Brian Burge of MeyerJensen PC in Alton.
Madison County Circuit Court case number 20-L-001746