Couple sue doctor after newborn baby ‘decapitated’ during delivery

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. First-time parents Jessica Ross, 20, and Treveon Isaiah Taylor Sr, 21, claim Tracey St Julian, an ob-gyn specialist, and staff at Southern Regional Medical Center then tried to cover up the the decapitation by propping their son up to make it appear his head was still attached. Dr St Julian then applied “ridiculously excessive force” on the baby’s head to try to deliver it, attorneys said. The baby’s mother and father Jessica Ross and Treveon Isaiah Taylor Sr, with attorneys Roderick Edmond and Cory Lynch The doctor delayed taking Ms Ross for a C-section for three hours, by which time a foetal monitor had stopped recording a heartbeat, according to the suit. Southern Regional Medical Center told the Associated Press that Dr St Julian was not an employee and it had “taken the appropriate steps in response to this unfortunate situation.” Dr St Julian is described as a board certified obstetrician and gynecologist and certified robotic surgeon who has been practicing in the Atlanta area since 2005.