Working Lunch Tuesday, November 19, 2024 | | |
| | | | | It's lunchtime, Chicago. Endeavor Health is spending up to $453 million to settle patients’ claims alleging one of its former doctors sexually abused them, the Chicago-area hospital system disclosed in its latest financial statement Monday. The financial statement did not name the doctor. But Endeavor and Swedish Hospital are currently facing 61 lawsuits brought by former patients of gynecologist-obstetrician Dr. Fabio Ortega, accusing him of sexually abusing them while he worked at NorthShore University HealthSystem, which is now Endeavor. Settlements in principle have already been reached in those lawsuits. Ortega also formerly worked at Swedish, which is now part of Endeavor. Meanwhile, the vacant former Stock Yards National Bank building near the historic site of the Union Stock Yards on the South Side will become an $80 million recording complex under a new renovation proposal selected by the Chicago Department of Planning and Development. Read that story and more in today's Working Lunch. Get news alerts | Top business stories | Real estate | | | | The former patients have accused Dr. Fabio Ortega of sexual assault or abuse during routine gynecological appointments. | | | | | The 1925 building once stood at the heart of Chicago’s meatpacking industry, serving many employees of the Union Stock Yards. | | | | | Three stations are being renovated as part of a $33.9 million contract. | | | Mizkan America, the maker of Ragu spaghetti sauce and other specialty foods, will relocate from Mount Prospect in the fourth quarter of next year. | | | | | “People are trying it out and it’s been well received,” Homewood Mayor Rich Hofeld said of the Wind Creek Chicago Southland casino. | | | | | Shure, a private electronics firm in Niles, employs about 1,000 people in Chicagoland and 3,000 total worldwide. | | | |
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