Autopsy Doc Found Liable for Posting Decapitated Newborn Picture on Instagram

An Atlanta doctor was found liable Wednesday for emotional distress, invasion of privacy, and fraud after the grieving parents of a decapitated newborn baby sued him for posting videos of their child’s lifeless body on Instagram.

Both Dr. Jackson Gates and his business, Medical Diagnostic Choices, entered a default judgement Wednesday after they failed to respond to a civil complaint filed by Jessica Ross and Treveon Isaiah Taylor Sr., the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported, citing records.

Now Gates is on the hook for damages, but a Georgia judge is yet to set a date to determine just how much he’ll have to pay up.

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