iHealthcare and Heartland Memorial Holdings, the two companies that owned the hospital before it filed for bankruptcy three years ago and reopened with new owners, are suing Sisters of St. Francis Health Services in Mishawaka, Mich., Franciscan Physicians Hospital, Franciscan’s president and two current physician owners in Cook County (Ill.) circuit court.
iHealthcare and Heartland Memorial Holdings seek $28 million in actual damage and $25 million in punitive damages along with pre-judgment interest and legal fees. The suit is Franciscan’s fifth in three years.
Read the Post-Tribune report on the lawsuit involving Franciscan Physicians Hospital.
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