Opinion ID: 573067
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Claim Against Morton Hospital, Inc.

Text: 50 Appellant claims Morton Hospital, Inc., caused her injury by authorizing Dr. Falkoff to violate her Fourth Amendment rights. For reasons stated below, the hospital is entitled to summary judgment. 51 First, the facts support only an inference that the hospital administrator, by referring Dr. Falkoff to the hospital's general policy of obeying facially valid court orders, authorized or instructed the Doctor to perform the search. Second, because the body cavity search did not violate appellant's constitutional rights, the hospital's tacit approval has no causal connection to any alleged deprivation of appellant's Fourth Amendment rights. 52 Finally, because the hospital's policy of honoring facially valid court orders did not amount to deliberate indifference to the rights of the citizenry, the hospital had no custom or policy that made it liable under § 1983. See Canton v. Harris, 489 U.S. at 389, 109 S.Ct. at 1205. Accordingly, summary judgment as to the hospital is AFFIRMED.