Judge pushing for settlement in West Suburban Medical Center legal fight

The negotiations to reopen Oak Park's West Suburban Medical Center drag on in a Cook County courtroom as the judge on the case grows increasingly frustrated with both sides of the dispute. The legal battle between the hospital's two owners began when they both sued each other back in April. West Suburban's CEO Manoj Prasad and the hospital’s landlord Rathnakar Reddy Patlola turned foes when Prasad abruptly shut down the Oak Park hospital in March. Patlola filed a lawsuit to wrestle control of…