St. E's fights suit over stillborn baby body

Associated Press

YOUNGSTOWN

A local hospital facing a lawsuit denies a woman’s allegations the facility disposed of her stillborn infant’s body without her consent and prevented her from having a proper funeral.

Lytanya Wylie of Youngs-town is seeking at least $25,000 in damages in the suit against St. Elizabeth Health Center.

In a court filing last month, the not-for-profit hospital with Humility of Mary Health Partners acknowledged Wylie was a patient but denied the allegation that employees disposed of the body without her consent or knowledge.

The lawsuit says Wylie was pregnant with twins and was told before her delivery last summer that one had died. She says she never saw the child after the delivery.

Her attorney has said Wylie doesn’t know what happened to the baby’s body.

The second baby was delivered alive.