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Florida woman suffers brain damage after allegedly given overdose of fentanyl during dental visit: report
A Miami woman was left with brain damage and 24-hour care after she was allegedly given a large dose of fentanyl during an “unnecessary” dental surgery in Texas, according to a lawsuit.
Maria Lugo Querales nearly died during the May 10, 2022, dental procedure in Marble Falls, Texas, after undergoing anesthesia from Dr. Jerry Teague. Lugo’s husband, Luis Espana, is accusing Teague of administering excessive amounts of anesthesia drugs without intubating her first, the New York Post reported.
Also named in the civil lawsuit are other dentists involved in the surgery; Dr. Lane Freeman and Dr. Stuart Nunnally, and their dentist clinic, Nunnally, Freeman and Owens.
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Maria Lugo Querales was left brain-damaged after she was given a large dose of fentanyl at a Texas dental clinic, a lawsuit states. (Facebook)
Lugo originally visited the dental practice in Florida to undergo a procedure for “alleged ‘cavitations’ and the extraction of an asymptomatic root canal-treated tooth,” the lawsuit alleges. She was treated with fentanyl, the sedative midazolam, and the anesthetic lidocaine, the San Antonio Express-News reported, citing a police report.
Teague, who worked as an anesthesiologist at the Texas clinic, administered the drugs to Lugo a day after he went missing and failed to return after an evening walk, the Post report said. His wife said he had recently been diagnosed with cancer and had less than a year to live, the lawsuit states.
Teague went to work the next day.
Lugo was his only patient that day and neither Teague nor the other dentists received her informed consent for the anesthesia, the lawsuit alleges. Teague failed to intubate Lugo, and she overdosed on the anesthesia drugs, the court filings said.
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Lugo, from Miami, traveled to Texas to undergo elective surgery on her teeth. (Facebook)
The scheduled dental surgery was canceled as Lugo was rushed by paramedics to St. David’s Medical Center in Austin. Teague died two weeks later from cancer. He was 70.
He was suspended in 2016, and then barred from practicing medicine by the State Board of Dental Examiners for three years after his hair follicle tested positive for fentanyl and midazolam. His suspension ended in 2019, and he was hired by the Marble Falls clinic.
Lugo currently lives in a Florida neurological rehabilitation facility where she breathes through a tracheotomy and is fed through a tube.
She sought treatment at the Texas clinic after watching a YouTube video where Dr. Ludwig Johnson, an Instagram influencer with 1.9 million followers, featured the Austin-area practice.
An image of fentanyl bottles in the room where Maria Elena Lugo Querales was sedated during her vitis to the Texas dental clinic. (Marble Falls Police Department)
“They told the audience that ‘cavitations’ are wounds in the mouth where teeth have been pulled, such as wisdom teeth, where toxicity can rival that of a gangrenous wound,” according to Espana’s recent court filing.
Espana is seeking unspecified damages from the dental clinic after reaching a confidential settlement with Teague’s estate last month.
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A man armed with a knife was shot by L.A. police officers responding to an assault with a deadly weapon call overnight, authorities said.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers with the Hollenbeck Division responded to an apartment complex in the 3000 block of Glenn Avenue in Boyle Heights at 1:45 a.m. Saturday after callers reported a male suspect was armed with a knife and had just assaulted someone in the complex.
Arriving officers found the suspect in front of the residence, but he did not comply with officers’ commands to drop the weapon. He then advanced toward the officers and an officer-involved shooting occurred, LAPD confirmed.
“The suspect was struck by gunfire and remained non-compliant,” the LAPD Public Information Officer said on X early Saturday morning. “Officers deployed a 40mm foam round and ultimately took the suspect into custody.”
Video obtained by KTLA shows the man being loaded into an ambulance and taken to a hospital; officials said he was transported in stable condition, adding that his knife was recovered at the scene and booked as evidence.
No officers or community members were injured during the incident. The man’s name was not released.
Dangerous rip currents and high surf are forecast for Los Angeles County beaches, including the Malibu Coast this weekend.
The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous beach statement, warning of the potentially deadly beach conditions. The dangerous conditions are forecast to last from Saturday evening to Monday morning.
“There is an increased risk of ocean drowning,” the NWS forecast reads. “Rip currents can pull swimmers and surfers out to sea. Waves can wash people off beaches and rocks, and capsize small boats nearshore.”
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A guide to surviving rip currents from the National Weather Service (NWS)
Minor Beach erosion and coastal flooding is possible through the weekend. The flooding is most likely to occur during evening high tides from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Beachgoers are advised to stay out of the water and remain near lifeguard towers. Jetties and tidepools are also especially dangerous during the weekend forecast.
“Rock jetties can be deadly in such conditions, stay off the rocks,” the NWS forecast reads.
Similar hazardous beach conditions are also in the forecast for Santa Barbara County. A high surf advisory is also in effect for Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties this weekend, where 10 to 15-foot waves will be possible.
If you live or want to live in Los Angeles, the city controller has released a new dashboard highlighting some of the city’s most notorious problem rental properties, a tool designed to help renters avoid future headaches.
“This project comes at a time when tenants are reporting harassment and illegal evictions violating the City’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance, Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance and Tenant Anti‑Harassment Ordinance, but very few of the complaints end up leading to strong enforcement or real accountability,” L.A. City Controller Kenneth Mejia said in a media release Thursday.
The new Top 100 Problem Rental Properties dashboard includes a searchable database of all residential addresses with reported housing violation cases within the city of Los Angeles, a ranked list of the 100 addresses with the most violations and an interactive map.
“There has never before been an uncomplicated way for anyone to look up years’ worth of violations by address,” Mejia said in the release.
Data for the dashboard was compiled from multiple sources, including the Los Angeles Housing Department, Los Angeles City Planning and the L.A. County Assessor’s Office, according to the controller’s office.
The release also identified the top three addresses with the highest number of reported housing violations:
1. 636 1/2 North Hill Place, Chinatown
192 housing violation cases
2. 11700 West Wilshire Boulevard, Sawtelle
166 housing violation cases
3. 6650 West Forest Lawn Drive, Hollywood Hills
113 housing violation cases
“Our new dashboard is an easy‑to‑understand public tool that we hope will help renters and organizers document patterns of harm, as well as put pressure on both landlords and the City to act,” Mejia said. “Everyone deserves safe, stable and dignified housing.”
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