Couple sues Boston hospital after losing baby's body
The hospital, parent company Mass General Brigham, as well as more than a dozen employees are named as defendants.
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The hospital, parent company Mass General Brigham, as well as more than a dozen employees are named as defendants.
A Massachusetts couple whose prematurely born baby girl died less than two weeks after she was delivered has sued one of Boston’s most prestigious hospitals for losing the infant’s body. The lawsuit filed Thursday says that baby Everleigh’s body was inadvertently thrown away by a Brigham and Women’s Hospital employee in August 2020 along with soiled linens from the hospital’s morgue. A lawyer for the couple says it was like losing their baby all over again. The negligence and emotional distress suit seeks more than $1.3 million. The hospital’s chief medical officer said in a statem...
Alana Ross and Daniel McCarthy believe their daughter's body was thrown out of the trash because she was wrapped in soiled linen.
Everleigh Victoria McCarthy, born on July 25, 2020, was only two pounds when she was born three months early at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
Alana Ross and Daniel McCarthy, a Massachusetts couple, are suing Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital after their prematurely-born baby girl died less than...