[1] St. Elizabeth Hospital was founded at the behest of Bishop Sebastian Gebhard Messmer of Green Bay.

It sought instead a 90-day period before all the workers could take their news jobs; otherwise, Theda warned, stroke care in the Fox Valley, where it is the only Level II accredited facility, could suffer in the interim and patients might have to go outside the region.

Grace was checked into St. Elizabeth Hospital days earlier due to low oxygen levels while sick with COVID-19.

The lawsuit alleges that Grace was administered a "lethal cocktail of drugs" that led to acute respiratory failure, and that hospital staff refused to resuscitate her, following a do-not-resuscitate order that the family had not approved.

Wisconsin’s Department of Safety and Professional Services performed a review of the allegations and did not find a violation of their standards.