Attorneys for the family of Donzell Jarrod Conrad are suing the oral surgeon who performed the 2024 tooth removal as well as Castle Dental, the dental service organization that set up the procedure.
Donzell Jarrod Conrad walked into a dentist’s office in Spring in October 2024 with a chipped molar. The next day, he underwent a tooth removal and never awoke from his anesthetic, according to attorneys.
Conrad had a history of diabetes, obesity and hypertension, and he was taking blood pressure medication, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Harris County. He allegedly told this to his doctors, who recommended the tooth be removed, attorneys for his family claim.
A day later, Oct. 8, Conrad went in for surgery, which attorneys have said was performed by Dr. Pasha Sanders, an oral surgeon who’s named as a defendant in the lawsuit. Sanders was “designated as both the surgeon and anesthetist for Mr. Conrad’s procedure without any dedicated anesthesia professional present,” according to the lawsuit…