Day 4 LIVE: Grace Schara Trial – Sedation & DNR Cross-Exam

Day 4 Courtroom Coverage — Grace Schara Wrongful-Death Trial (Appleton, WI)

We’re live from Outagamie County Circuit Court as the Grace Schara v. Ascension St. Elizabeth Hospital jury trial enters its fourth day. After three intense sessions focused on the unauthorized Do-Not-Resuscitate order and the sedation-cocktail of Precedex, lorazepam, and morphine, today’s proceedings pivot to cross-examination of key medical staff and fresh expert testimony.

What’s on the docket:
• Dr. David Beck & Nurse Hollee McInnis testimony on why Grace was labeled DNR minutes before her collapse — and whether hospital policy permitted bypassing family consent.
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• Pharmacologists dissect the dosing logs, arguing if the combined sedatives could depress respiration in a 19-year-old COVID patient with Down syndrome.
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• Defense counters that Grace’s hypoxic crisis stemmed from severe COVID-19 pneumonia and the family’s refusal of intubation, not malpractice.
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• Judge Mark McGinnis rules on new motions over admissibility of “financial-incentive” evidence tied to federal COVID hospital payments.
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Why this matters: This is the first U.S. jury trial testing hospital liability for a COVID-listed death — a case that could redefine informed-consent standards, disability-rights protections, and accountability for pandemic protocols.
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🔴 Join the live analysis, legal breakdowns, and community Q&A as each witness takes the stand. Stay through the verdict to see whether the jury agrees Grace’s death was caused by a “lethal sedation protocol” or unavoidable COVID complications.

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