Rufus R. Clifford, III and wife Carrie C. Clifford v. Layda Tacogue, M.D., St. Thomas Hospital, and St. Jude Medical, S.C., Inc.

The trial court granted summary judgment to the defendants on all claims, holding that plaintiffs failed to establish that the use of the medical device to close the site where the catheter was inserted was the cause of husband's injury. Finding that the defendants negated the element of causation essential to each cause of action, the trial court's judgment is affirmed.