Howard Cooper said he expects Lindsay Clancy to testify in Patrick Clancy's suit against her medical providers.

Wednesday's hearing is about whether the civil claims go forward. It is not a finding that any provider was negligent, and it is not a verdict in the murder case. Boston 25 News and the New York Post do not put the appearance in the same courthouse. Cooper's prediction that Lindsay Clancy will testify is not her testimony.

Boston 25 News reported Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, at 2:34 p.m. EDT, in a story datelined Plymouth, that Patrick Clancy's lawyers were appearing in court that afternoon on his civil lawsuit against medical providers who treated his former wife, Lindsay Clancy. The New York Post, published at 4 p.m. the same day, captioned a photograph of his lawyer, Howard Cooper, outside Dedham Superior Court in Dedham after a hearing on whether the wrongful-death suit against her mental-healthcare providers can proceed. Plymouth and Dedham are not the same courthouse. People reported he would appear on Oct. 29 for a hearing to determine whether that civil case moves forward. Oct. 28 and Oct. 29 are not the same day. Boston 25 News and the New York Post put the appearance on Wednesday. People put it on Thursday.

Boston 25 News reported the suit accuses the providers of negligence that he alleges led to the deaths of the couple's three children at their Duxbury home in January 2023, and that he claims the providers failed to properly monitor her condition and improperly prescribed medication. South Shore Health is among the defendants, the station reported. It printed this from the lawsuit: "The bevy of diverse and powerful medications they misprescribed, coupled with their abject failure to appropriately monitor Lindsay, resulted in Lindsay's mental health deteriorating to the point of suicidal ideation and requiring inpatient care." The same passage says that negligent treatment "resulted in tragedy, namely, allegations that Lindsay took the lives of her children," and that if the providers had given adequate care, "it is more likely than not that Patrick and Lindsay's children would still be alive today." Those sentences are allegations in a complaint. The three children are not named here. Boston 25 News reported South Shore Health said it could not comment on the litigation and that it always strives to provide excellent care to its patients.

The New York Post reported Cooper said he expects Lindsay Clancy to testify in the wrongful-death suit once the criminal case wraps up. The Post reported he said: "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." The bracket is the Post's. The complaint language Boston 25 News printed says suicidal ideation. The statement the Post reported says homicidal ideation. Those are not the same word. The Post reported he also said, "I can't imagine a more explicit threat," and, "Defendants seem to think that you need to have a date, time, place and manner that the threat is going to be delivered." The Post reported lawyers for the providers said there was not evidence she told them she thought about hurting the children, and that the providers claim a legal immunity covering doctors, nurses, and hospitals. An expectation that she will testify is not testimony. An immunity argument is not a ruling.

The criminal case is a different docket. Boston 25 News reported Wednesday that the trial ended in September with a hung jury, and that her lawyers have argued she killed the three children while suffering from postpartum psychosis. The mistrial was Sept. 4. Jurors split 11-1, with the majority for a finding that she was not criminally responsible. Boston 25 News reported a Plymouth Superior Court judge denied a motion for a required finding of not guilty. The next criminal hearing is Nov. 2 in Plymouth Superior Court, on the defense motion to dismiss on double-jeopardy grounds. A mistrial is not an acquittal, and this civil hearing does not decide the murder charges. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.