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A couple who sued a gynecologist for allegedly decapitating their baby during birth have filed suit against a second doctor - an independent pathologist they claim posted graphic images of the infant's autopsy after the fact.
Filed in Georgia this month, the suit names Dr. Jackson Gates as a defendant, and comes in addition to one filed this past July against Southern Regional Medical Center and the OB-GYN who conducted their baby’s delivery, Dr. Tracey St. Julian.
That suit accused the obstetrician of failing to follow emergency protocols during the July 9 delivery, when the baby boy's shoulders got stuck in 20-year-old Jessica Ross's birth canal.
As 20-year-old dad Treveon Isaiah Taylor was forced to watch, Dr. St. Julian continued to try to attempt the child vaginally for hours, before deciding to instead elect for a Cesarean section.
Shortly after, the baby's body and legs were extracted via the C-section - while his severed head was delivered vaginally. The baby, named Isaiah, did not survive.
Jessica Ross and Treveon Isaiah Taylor Sr. - seen here at a news conference in Atlanta last month - sued a gynecologist for allegedly decapitating their baby during birth in July, and are now suing another doctor they claim posted images of the infant's autopsy after the fact
Filed in Georgia this month, the suit names Dr. Jackson Gates as a defendant, and accuses the pathologist of taking $2,500 for the autopsy before posting identifying videos and photos on Instagram. Gates - who regularly posts online - defended himself in a series of deleted videos
The first suit contends Julian used excessive force that severed the child's head, while the second accuses Gates of taking $2,500 for the autopsy before posting identifying videos and photos on Instagram.
'After all of the abuse suffered by this young couple, unfortunately, Dr. Gates continued to perpetuate it, their abuse, by posting both photos and video of their decapitated child on social media,' family attorney Rod Edmond told FOX 5 Atlanta.
He and others representing the couple proceeded to decry the doctor's alleged actions, claiming he took advantage of the strange circumstances surrounding the tragedy by posting to his 11,000 followers without his client's permission.
Gates - who regularly posts videos of his work for public health purposes - was enlisted for the independent autopsy by the couple, who paid him $2,500 in hopes of getting to the bottom of the child's death.
The next day, on July 14, the pair woke up to Gates recorded videos of the baby’s autopsy and then posted them on his public account for the world to see.
The suit claims: 'This video showed in graphic and grisly detail a postmortem examination of the decapitated, severed head of Baby Isaiah.'
It further alleges that after the clip was removed, Gates posted two more videos of the baby’s autopsy exactly a week later -
