The county medical examiner?s office has not released the cause of the baby?s death. The office still is working to complete the baby?s autopsy, the office?s director, Brian Byers, told CNN.
According to the lawsuit, Ross went into labor on July 9, and her doctor, ?attempted to deliver the baby vaginally using different methods including applying traction to the baby?s head.?
During the attempted delivery, ?the baby did not properly descend due to shoulder dystocia,? a condition when a baby?s shoulders become stuck in the vaginal canal, the lawsuit says.
The physician ?failed to practice according to medical standards,? the complaint reads. The complaint says the doctor ?grossly? and ?negligently applied excessive traction? on the head and neck of the baby and ?failed to do a Cesarean section in a timely and proper manner, resulting in Treveon Isaiah Taylor Jr.?s decapitation and death.?
In a statement to CNN on Wednesday afternoon, Southern Regional Medical Center said it ?denies the allegations in the complaint referencing the hospital.?