Family demands answers in death of Chicago woman who was on hospital roof for over 6 hours
Chelsea Adolphus, 28, was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday. The next day, she was found on the rooftop and had a body temperature of 50 degrees.
Family of patient found frozen on Waukegan hospital roof sues: '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
Chelsea Adolphus: 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.
A Family Wants Answers After Black Woman's Body Found on Roof of Chicago-Area Hospital
A 28-year-old woman’s body was found on the roof of a Chicago-area hospital. Now, her family is desperate for answers explaining the circumstances that led to her death and how she got to the roof in the first place.
Woman dies after seven hours on Chicago hospital roof in nothing but medical gown
A family is demanding answers after a patient clad only in a hospital gown was found on a Chicago hospital roof seven hours after she went missing, and later died of hypothermia.
Chelsea Adolphus' family says Waukegan hospital staff lied, files wrongful death lawsuit
Top officials of a Waukegan hospital filed a court request to have the coroner removed from the death investigation of Chelsea Adolphus.
Family sues Waukegan, Illinois hospital where woman died after being found on roof
The legal team Thursday showed a photo of Chelsea Adolphus lying on the roof of the hospital in only her hospital gown and underwear. Adolphus has been pixelated.
‘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.
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 Illinois 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.
Law & Order column: Waukegan hospital being sued in patient death
The 28-year-old died of hypothermia after leaving her hospital room and accessing the second-floor roof of Vista Medical ...
Autopsy shows woman found atop Chicago-area medical center died of hypothermia from cold exposure
Preliminary autopsy findings show a 28-year-old patient dressed only in a medical gown and found unresponsive on the roof of a Chicago-area medical center died of hypothermia as a result of cold ...