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Lindsay Clancy expected to testify in husband Patrick’s lawsuit against her doctors, lawyer reveals

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DeGregory, P. (2026, October 28). Lindsay Clancy expected to testify in husband Patrick’s lawsuit against her doctors, lawyer reveals. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/28/us-news/lindsay-clancy-will-testify-in-husband-patricks-lawsuit-against-her-doctors-lawyer-reveals/

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Patrick Clancy's lawyer, Howard Cooper, announced that Lindsay Clancy will likely testify in her husband's lawsuit against her doctors and mental health providers once her criminal case concludes. Cooper claims Lindsay warned these defendants of her homicidal thoughts regarding their children but asserts that the healthcare providers dispute this claim, arguing lack of concrete evidence supporting Lindsay’s alleged threats.

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Lindsay Clancy, the defendant in a criminal case for strangling her three children, is expected to testify in her husband Patrick Clancy's wrongful death lawsuit against his doctors. This will happen once legal issues related to her Fifth Amendment rights are resolved. According to Patrick's lawyer Howard Cooper, Lindsay will testify that she had expressed homicidal thoughts and fears about something terrible happening to their children to the healthcare providers being sued.

The defense attorneys for the medical defendants argue there is no evidence that Lindsay ever communicated these concerns to them, claiming they need explicit details like a specific date or place for such threats. The case centers on whether the doctors could have taken preventive action based on Lindsay's stated fears and ideation.

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“The articles describe different stages of the legal proceedings: Article A covers Patrick Clancy's wrongful death lawsuit hearing against his ex-wife's doctors, while Article B discusses Lindsay Clancy's expected testimony in the same lawsuit but mentions it as a future event contingent on her criminal case status.”

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Patrick Clancy’s lawyer, Howard Cooper, said he expects Lindsay Clancy to testify in Patrick’s wrongful death lawsuit once her criminal case for strangling their three kids wraps up. asserted

case → say → kids

“Once her 5th Amendment issues are resolved one way or the other, she will testify that she told these defendants explicitly that she had homicidal ideation [and] that she was worried about something awful happening to her kids,” Cooper said. asserted

Cooper → resolve → kids

“I can’t imagine a more explicit threat,” the lawyer said. asserted

lawyer → imagine → threat

“Defendants seem to think that you need to have a date, time, place and manner that the threat is going to be delivered.” asserted

threat → seem → that

Earlier in the arguments, defense lawyers for the healthcare providers Patrick is suing claimed there wasn’t any evidence Clancy ever told them she thought about hurting the kids. asserted

she → sue → kids

Here’s the latest on Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial asserted

latest → ’ → trial

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