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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. Sign up for the Hello, Houston! daily newsletter to get local reports like this delivered directly to your inbox.

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. Sand

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