Children's Health Defense
Jury selection began today in a “landmark” trial alleging the wrongful death of Grace Schara, a 19-year-old with Down syndrome who died in a Wisconsin hospital days after being admitted for a COVID-19 infection and low oxygen levels.
It’s the first jury trial in the U.S. for a death listed as COVID-19 on the death certificate.
Grace’s family sued Ascension St. Elizabeth Hospital in April 2023, and filed an amended complaint in July 2023, alleging the hospital’s COVID-19 treatment protocols directly resulted in Grace’s death in October 2021.
The lawsuit includes an allegation of medical battery, a standard of intentional harm beyond medical negligence by doctors and other providers.
According to the complaint, the hospital was financially incentivized to implement COVID-19 protocols that allegedly caused Grace’s death, including administration of three contraindicated medications — Precedex, lorazepam and morphine — and that it implemented a “Do Not Resuscitate” (DNR) order over her family’s objections.
The State of Wisconsin Circuit Court for Outagamie County will hear the case. In a media advisory issued last week, Grace’s family said the trial will examine allegations of negligence, lack of informed consent, and medical battery and that the case “could have broader implications for accountability in U.S. healthcare.”
The lawsuit names 14 defendants, including Ascension Health, five medical doctors and four John Doe medical providers, two registered nurses, and the Wisconsin Injured Patients and Family Compensation Fund…
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