Family awarded $95 million after Nevaeh Hall suffered brain damage in Houston Dental Practice

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After a three-day trial, a jury found that former dentist Bethaniel Jefferson was negligent in her treatment of Nevaeh Hall, who suffered drug-induced seizures and oxygen deprivation at the Diamond Dental Practice in Houston in January 2016.SEE ALSO | Hospital admits to error, but pressures to let infant die, family lawyers sayNevaeh's parents, Courissa Clark and Derrick Hall, also allege that Jefferson kept the young girl, who is now 10 years old, away from her mother after she began having seizures.That is a message to every crooked dentist in this country that if you abuse our vulnerable children, if you take advantage of them, if you steal from the taxpayer, we will hold you accountable," Moriarty said.A year later, Jefferson was indicted by a Harris County grand jury on charges of intentionally and knowingly by omission causing serious bodily injury to a child by failing to seek and provide adequate medical attention.It's another attempt at accountability that could deliver more meaningful justice to a woman who still has big dreams for her daughter."

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