A Georgia couple filed a lawsuit alleging their baby’s head was decapitated during the birthing process, but hospital staff did not tell them until the mother was discharged.
Police are investigating the validity of the claim against the Southern Regional Medical Center and others involved.
Attorneys for Jessica Ross and Treveon Isaiah Taylor, Sr. filed a civil claim against Dr. Tracey L. St. Julian, six male and female doctors, Prime Healthcare Services/ Southern Regional Medical Center in metro Atlanta, according to court documents obtained by Atlanta Black Star.
The couple was anxiously expecting their first child and were “devastated to learn that not only did their baby not survive the delivery, but he was also tragically decapitated in the process,” lawyers said via email.
Ross, the 20-year-old mother, was a high-risk pregnancy due to her struggles with Type 2 diabetes. At 4 feet 9 and 200 pounds, her diabetes, according to the lawsuit, was not under control throughout her pregnancy and under strict observation by the maternal-fetal medicine specialists for the high-risk obstetrics team at Atlanta Perinatal Associates.
She went into labor on July 9, and a month later, via a newly announced lawsuit, the couple is asking a Clayton County court to award them damages after a trial by jury.
On the day her son was to be born, her water broke at 10 a.m., and she was rushed to Southern Regional Medical Center but was not fully dilated until 8:40 p.m.
According to the lawsuit, the baby stopped his descent, but Ross still pushed and tried to give birth naturally for three additional hours.
The complaint states St. Julian stepped in to deliver the boy “using different methods, including applying traction to the baby’s head.”
By 11:49 p.m., the doctor decided to perform a STAT Cesarean section but could not complete it until around 3 a.m. the next morning.
On July 10, the baby’s legs and body were delivered via…
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