Children's Health Defense The family of Grace Schara alleged that medical battery, negligence and a lack of informed consent caused her death. “We know there’s unconsented medical treatment going on all over this country and it’s killing some people,” said an attorney for the Scharas.
Jurors sided with a Wisconsin hospital Thursday in the “high-profile” wrongful death trial of a 19-year-old with Down syndrome who died in 2021, a week after being admitted for a COVID-19 infection.
The family of Grace Schara alleged that medical battery, negligence and a lack of informed consent caused her death.
Closing arguments in the trial at the State of Wisconsin Circuit Court for Outagamie County ended Thursday afternoon. The jury deliberated for approximately two hours before delivering its verdict in favor of the defendants — Ascension St. Elizabeth Hospital, Dr. Gavin Shokar and nurse Hollee McInnis.
At Friday’s press conference, Grace’s mother, Cindy Schara, called the verdict “heartbreaking.”
“We really did expect the jury to see what they did to Grace,” she said. “This jury deliberating as quickly as they did in coming up with their verdict did not give Grace the respect that she deserved … I think the judge took longer to go through the instructions than they did to actually deliberate in the back.”
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