William J. KERTH, M.D. and E. Lawrence Hanson, M.D., Plaintiffs,
v.
HAMOT HEALTH FOUNDATION, et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 30, 1997.
September 30, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mark L. Rosenberg, Alan A.B. McDowell, Jacobovitz Law Firm, Washington, DC, Arthur N. Lerner, Michaels, Wishner & Bonner, Washington, DC, Jeffrey S. Jacobovitz, Michaels, Wishner & Bonner, Washington, DC, for William J. Kerth, M.D., E. Lawrence Hanson, M.D.
James R. Walczak, W. Patrick Delaney, Craig R.F. Murphey, Eric J. Purchase, Gerald J. Stubenhofer, MacDonald, Illig, Jones & Britton, Erie, PA, for Hamot Health Foundation, Inc., the Hamot Medical Center, of the City of Erie, Pennsylvania.
David Marx, Jr., Brent R. Austin, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, IL, for George J. D'Angelo, M.D., George F. Kish, M.D., Dennis J. Michalak, M.D., Prabhaker G. Sardesai, M.D., Wilfredo S. Tan, M.D., George J. D'Angelo, M.D., Thoracic and Cardiovascular Associates, P.C., and Thoracic and Cardiovascular Associates, Inc. dba D'Angelo Clinic.
S.E. Riley, Jr., Conner & Riley, Erie, PA, Jack R. Bierig, Richard D. Raskin, Bruce M. Zessar, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, for Medicor Associates, Inc.
Eric J. Purchase, MacDonald, Illig, Jones & Britton, Erie, PA, for Hamot Health Systems, Inc.
Shirley J. Christian, Harrington & Mitchell, Youngstown, OH, for Western Reserve Care System, an Ohio Not-For-Profit Corporation.
Barbara Blackmond, Horty, Springer & Mattern, Pittsburgh, PA, for Columbia Mercy Medical Center.
Linda R. Mittleman, Cleveland, OH, for University Hospitals of Cleveland.
Edward R. Ehrhardt, Jr., Pittsburgh, PA, for Shadyside Hospital.
United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.
This antitrust case involves alleged restraint of trade in the practice of open heart surgery in Erie, Pennsylvania. Plaintiffs are two cardiovascular surgeons who have sued (1) the hospital at which they used to work, (2) a group of cardiologists who used to refer cases to them and (3) a competing group of cardiovascular surgeons. Plaintiffs claim the competing surgeons coerced the hospital...
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