‘Death trap’: Woman died with 50-degree body temperature after being trapped on hospital roof for 7 hours, lawsuit says
Chelsea Adolphus, 28, left her hospital room at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan around 2 a.m. Jan. 23 and somehow made her way to the roof where she remained until roughly 8:45 a.m. wearing only a gown.
Ben Crump takes on case of Chelsea Adolphus, patient who died after being on hospital roof for 6 hours
Chelsea Adolphus, 28, was pronounced dead 14 hours after being found unresponsive on the roof of Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, Illinois. Adolphus had been admitted to the hospital on January 22 around 4 a.
Family of patient found frozen on Waukegan hospital roof files lawsuit: 'We will get justice for Chelsea'
Chelsea Adolphus died of hypothermia after being on a hospital's roof for nearly seven hours in below-freezing temperatures wearing only a hospital gown. The suit alleges negligence and medical malpractice.
Wrongful death lawsuit filed after patient dies from hypothermia on roof of hospital
The family of Chelsea Adolphus stood grieving, holding pictures of the 28-year-old woman Wednesday as attorney Ben Crump announced a wrongful death lawsuit filed against Vista
Family of woman found on Waukegan hospital roof file wrongful death lawsuit
WAUKEGAN, Ill. - The family of a woman who died after she was found on the roof of a north suburban hospital where she was being treated announced a lawsuit against the hospital. The family of Chelsea Adolphus, represented by attorney Ben Crump, said Wednesday they filed the lawsuit against Vista Health System in Waukegan.
Family files wrongful death lawsuit after woman found dead on hospital roof
The family of 28-year-old Chelsea Adolphus hired civil rights attorney Ben Crump to represent them in a wrongful death lawsuit against Waukegan's Vista Medical Center East.
Coroner blasts hospital after patient gets locked out on roof, dies: ‘Must be held accountable’
Chelsea Adolphus, 28, died on Thursday after getting locked out on the roof of the Vista Medical Center in Waukegan.
Lake County coroner blasts Vista Medical Center after patient gets on roof, dies
Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek blasted Vista Medical Center in a press conference Monday after a woman was locked out on the facility’s roof and later died. Chelsea
Lawsuit filed against hospital after patient died from hypothermia last week
Family members of a woman who coroners say froze to death on the roof of a hospital in Waukegan are now suing that hospital – as the facility’s owners call for the coroner’s office to be removed from the investigation.
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Woman Dies Hours After Being Found Unresponsive on Hospital Roof: ‘My Sister’s Life Was in Their Hands,’ Brother Says
Chelsea Adolphus, 28, went missing after being admitted to Vista Medical Center East in Illinois Google Maps A family is searching for answers after their loved one died hours after she was found ...
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Woman found on Waukegan hospital roof dies, coroner says cause was hypothermia
Chelsea Adolphus, 28, was identified as the woman who died at Vista Medical Center East last week. Lake County, Illinois Coroner Jennifer Banek released more information regarding Adolphus' ...
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Mystery after patient is found dead on the roof of a Chicago hospital in freezing cold
Chelsea Adolphus, 28, was pronounced deceased hours after being found unresponsive on the roof of Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, a suburb of Chicago, ABC7 reported. Her family are now ...