As I wrote in my previous article titled “Landmark Lawsuit Calls Out Doctors and Nurses,” Scott and Cindy Schara and their family have begun a lawsuit for the death of Grace Schara, their daughter, against five doctors: Gavin Shokar, M.D., David Beck, M.D., Daniel Leonard, M.D., Karl Baum, M.D. and Ramana Marada, M.D., as well as two nurses: Hollee McInnis, R.N. and Alison Barkholtz, R.N., along with St. Elizabeth Hospital and Ascension Health in Appleton, Wisconsin. The replies to their lawsuit were received by the Schara family on May 15, 2023.
In the reply from Ascension, stated under the section titled “Affirmative Defenses,” #6 states, “Any and all injuries or damages sustained by Plaintiffs may be a direct and proximate result of the negligence and/or decisions made by Plaintiffs.”
“Direct and proximate result of the negligence and/or decisions made by Plaintiffs?” So, when Scott Schara, Grace’s dad, was taking an active part in making decisions for her as her advocate and they ushered him out of the hospital by an armed guard, was that “negligence?” Was Grace negligent in “making decisions” when they had her extremely sedated with three drugs: Precedex, Lorazepam and Morphine? When any procedure or anything else is done in a hospital and that type of medication is us ...
