The couple at the time filed couple against the doctor and other hospital staff of Southern Regional Medical Center who allegedly participated in the gross coverup. They are also taking legal action against a pathologist accused of posting autopsy photos of the infant online.
Jessica Ross and Treveon Isaiah Taylor Sr., of Clayton County said in their suit their infant suffered a sudden and rare condition known as shoulder dystocia — a life-threatening delivery complication in which one or both of the baby’s shoulders become locked in the mother’s pelvis, preventing it from descending further in the birth canal.
When the devastated young parents asked to hold the child they were told died in utero, that delivery room staff rapped the baby in a blanket and propped the child’s head up in an attempt to deceive the parents.
The original complaint, filed by the parents in August 2023 in state court in Clayton County, seeks a jury trial and unspecified damages.
The parents are represented by attorneys Cory Lynch and Dr. Roderick E. Edmond, who did not immediately comment on the medical examiner’s ruling Tuesday, but said they would hold a press conference on the case Wednesday.
According to the lawsuit and their attorneys, Ross, a hair stylist, and Taylor, who works in hospitality, were preparing to become first-time parents to the boy they had…
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