APPLETON (WLUK) – The family of Grace Schara, which lost a civil lawsuit against St. Elizabeth Hospital, is asking for a new trial, claiming the judge was biased against the family.
The family of Grace Schara, who had Down syndrome, sued Ascension St. Elizabeth Hospital for medical malpractice, claiming the doctors and nurses who cared for the 19-year-old violated her patient rights when they listed her as a DNR, or do not resuscitate, without the family’s consent. They also alleged she was given a lethal cocktail of drugs that led to her death in October 2021 after she contracted COVID-19.
After a trial, the jury ruled in June for the hospital…