Houston dentist leaves 4-year-old brain damaged, gets probation

A Houston-area dentist obtained 5 years of probation Thursday night after her failed 2016 dental process resulted within the mind injury of then 4-year-old Neveah Corridor.

The trial for Bethaniel Jefferson started earlier this week, and a jury convicted Jefferson Wednesday. Thursday, she was discovered responsible of recklessly inflicting critical bodily damage to a baby by omission and given 5 years’ probation.

Corridor suffered important oxygen loss and a seizure after visiting the dentist for the standard tooth restore through the botched process seven years in the past. Jefferson didn’t name 911 for hours, and by the point an ambulance arrived on the observe, Corridor had diminished temperatures and had already misplaced an important quantity of oxygen.

Corridor is now 11, and her household mentioned the 2016 process has since resulted in her lack of ability to talk, stroll or eat on her personal.

“It’s very disappointing as a result of she will get to stroll free, stay her life going about her enterprise,” her grandmother, Clara Clark, instructed press after the sentencing Thursday night. “However we have now Neveah right here that, , we didn’t get to see her begin faculty. You understand, we don’t get to see her stroll round and play.”

“So, no, I believe the choice was very unfair and justice was not served,” she mentioned.

Jefferson’s license was revoked in 2016 following the incident, and a jury decided she precipitated over $95 million in hurt to the household final 12 months. The household’s lawyer, nonetheless, mentioned they might not be capable to obtain that cash, as a result of Jefferson’s malpractice insurance coverage solely coated a small portion of that quantity, based on the Houston Chronicle.

“We’re very upset in regards to the verdict,” Clark mentioned Thursday.

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