On July 20, 2016 Patrick Cavanaugh’s Motion for Summary Judgment was granted by Judge Gary Cook of the Lucas County Common Pleas Court. Plaintiffs sued a maternal-fetal medicine doctor, his employer, the hospital and the health care entity that owned the hospital. Plaintiffs alleged that failing to offer plaintiff-mother a cervical cerclage resulted in the baby being born critically premature and caused the infant’s death at 12 ½ months of life. The defendants argued that none of the care and treatment at issue proximately caused the death, or reduced the chance of survival of the infant. The motion, supported by medical literature and the defendant doctor’s affidavit, was granted and the case was dismissed with prejudice.

Patrick Cavanaugh's Motion for Summary Judgment Granted in "Cervical Cerclage" Claim

Key Contacts