Lawsuit filed by family of teen killed in fall at shuttered hospital
July 19, 2012|By Naomi Nix | Tribune reporter
The family of a 16-year-old boy who died after falling from the second floor onto the concrete floor of the former Ravenswood Hospital building has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the building’s owners.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court, alleges that the building’s owner, Lycee Francais de Chicago, failed to maintain the site in a safe condition when Jose Morales fell through a hole in the second floor of the building earlier this month. The lawsuit also names American Demolition Corporation.
On July 2, Morales and two other boys, both 17, climbed a fire escape and entered the building, police said. After Morales fell, the two other teens apparently carried him out of the building before calling 911, police said.
Lawsuit filed by family of teen killed in fall at shuttered hospital