FORT WORTH – The parents of a newborn who died at a Fort Worth hospital are suing the medical center after the baby’s corpse was accidentally sent to a laundry.

Kourney McGee and Milburn Robinson filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Tarrant County against Huguley Memorial Medical Center.

According to the suit, the couple’s son, Jacob Robinson, died last July shortly after his premature birth.

While making funeral arrangements, the couple learned that Jacob’s body had been misplaced.

The body had been collected with the laundry and sent to a commercial laundry facility, the lawsuit said.

Missing for 19 hours, the boy’s body was disfigured when it was recovered, said John David Hart, the couple’s attorney.

The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for severe emotional distress and mental anguish.