Dr. Jackson Gates said he would never post the identity of patients in his videos, but attorneys for the baby's parents say he invaded their privacy.
A Georgia couple who said their baby boy was decapitated during his birth have filed a lawsuit against the independent pathologist who performed the baby’s autopsy, accusing him of posting the procedure on Instagram without their permission.
In the more recent lawsuit, filed on Sept. 1, attorneys for Ross and Taylor accused Dr. Jackson Gates, the pathologist the couple hired to conduct an autopsy after their child’s death, of taking advantage of the tragedy by posting videos of the procedure to his 11,000 followers on Instagram without their permission. The complaint accuses Gates of invasion of privacy and fraud.
On July 9, Ross was admitted to the emergency room of Southern Regional Medical Center in Riverdale, Georgia, after her water broke. The doctor she’d been seeing throughout her pregnancy, Dr. Tracey St. Julian of Premier Woman OB-GYN, delivered the baby on July 10. The couple felt “shock, anger, humiliation and outrage” after learning about the videos and sent Gates a cease and desist letter on Aug. 10 demanding he take them down, the lawsuit says.“This is one of the most egregious and outrageous cases of ‘clout chasing’ we have ever encountered,” the couple’s attorneys said. “Dr. Jackson Gates attempted to exploit our clients’ horrific loss to boost his own social media profile, without permission of the family.
In one video since the lawsuit was filed, Gates said he prides himself on keeping his practice transparent in order to educate and counsel patients.
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