Post by Logan on May 11, 2016 8:19:02 GMT -6
Oregon parents sue for $3 million after given wrong baby’s cremated ashes
PORTLAND — Oregon parents have filed a $3 million lawsuit against a hospital and other defendants, claiming they were given cremated ashes from the wrong baby.
The lawsuit says Norma Arellano and Sergio Maldonado were given the ashes of a baby girl instead of their son, who died five days after his premature birth.
The parents held funeral services, visited family and set up a shrine with the ashes.
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Gable Funeral Chapel and First Call Plus of Oregon Mortuary Services are named in the lawsuit.
Read more: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/oregon-parents-sue-for-3-million-after-given-wrong-babys-cremated-ashes/
PORTLAND — Oregon parents have filed a $3 million lawsuit against a hospital and other defendants, claiming they were given cremated ashes from the wrong baby.
The lawsuit says Norma Arellano and Sergio Maldonado were given the ashes of a baby girl instead of their son, who died five days after his premature birth.
The parents held funeral services, visited family and set up a shrine with the ashes.
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Gable Funeral Chapel and First Call Plus of Oregon Mortuary Services are named in the lawsuit.
Read more: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/oregon-parents-sue-for-3-million-after-given-wrong-babys-cremated-ashes/