Parents Sue Portland Hospital For $3M After Wrong Baby Cremated

A local family said the tragic death of their newborn became even worse after they were given the wrong baby’s ashes.
The parents of a premature baby who died just days after he was born have now filed a $3 million lawsuit against a Portland hospital, funeral home and mortuary service for the mistake. Elijah Maldonado was born at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in January 2015. He died just five days later because of extreme internal hemorrhage from being born prematurely. Two days later, a Gable Funeral Chapel worker came to pick up the baby’s body and gave it an identification number.