John C. O'Loughlin

Attorney - Shareholder

Practice Areas

Medical Malpractice Defense

Contact

Office: Grand Rapids

tel. 616.458.9370

fax. 616.774.2461

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Secretary

Diana Knight

tel. 616.458.7279

Listed in Best Lawyers For more than 30 years, Jack has successfully defended hundreds of physicians, nurses, hospitals, and other health care professionals against claims of medical malpractice. He has tried dozens of cases in front of judges and juries throughout Michigan.

Jack has obtained an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and is listed in both Best Lawyers in America and Michigan Super Lawyers under the category for medical malpractice law. He was recently selected as a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. Membership is by invitation only and the organization seeks attorneys who display skill, civility and integrity, to help younger attorneys achieve a higher level of trial advocacy and to educate the public about the vital importance of the Seventh Amendment.

“My clients are health care professionals who have literally dedicated their lives to helping the sick and injured, to bringing new life into the world, and to preserving the health and well-being of those they care for. To be charged with negligently causing harm to a patient is one of the most unsettling events of their professional and personal lives. My goal is to guide my clients through the unfamiliar territory of medical malpractice litigation while preserving their dedication and service to their profession, and also sharing my belief that our legal system does produce justice.” – John C. O’Loughlin

Noteworthy

American Board of Trial Advocates, Member
AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Listed in Best Lawyers (2007-2012) -- Medical Malpractice Law
Listed as a “Michigan Super Lawyer” (2006-2011) -- Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice

Education

Indiana University (B.S., 1978)
Indiana University (J.D., 1981). Outstanding Advocate, National Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition.

Admitted to Practice

State Bar of Michigan, 1981

Client Successes for John C. O'Loughlin

6/1/2010
Jack O'Loughlin successfully defended his client, a cardiologist, in a three-week medical malpractice trial where the plaintiff claimed that Jack's client had failed to perform a cardiac catheterization.
1/1/2009
Jack O'Loughlin was successful in obtaining a no cause verdict on behalf of our client obstetrician following a two-week jury trial in Muskegon. The case involved a forceps delivery, and included claims against our client of failure to obtain informed consent and improper application of forceps.
2/1/2008
Jack O'Loughlin and Jason Sebolt obtained a no cause verdict based upon a finding that our client vascular surgeon was not negligent in the performance of an aortobifemoral bypass grafting procedure. The verdict concluded a six-day jury trial in Kent County Circuit Court. This Wrongful Death action arose from allegations that the vascular surgeon had perforated the patient's sigmoid colon when placing the prosthetic graft. The graft was found in the colon four months later. However, the defense asserted that the graft had eroded into the colon during the intervening time period. The defense required extensive juror education on matters of anatomy, surgical technique, and the impact of the patient's multiple prior surgeries. The verdict indicates that the jurors understood these complex medical matters.