Parents who wished to cremate the remains of their stillborn child are suing a Massachusetts hospital they say instead disposed of his remains.
Madeleine Bothe & Edward Felstead filed a complaint Oct. 18 in Suffolk County Superior Court against Mass General Brigham, Brigham & Women’s Hospital and others, alleging breach of contract and other claims.
According to their complaint, the parents learned in April of 2020 that their second child, Baby Oliver, would be born with life-limiting disability. They claim that in October of 2020, they traveled to Boston to end the 22-week pregnancy and that when authorizing the procedure, they signed forms indicating they wanted to handle Baby Oliver’s remains.