GITTER v. CARDIAC & THORACIC SURGICAL ASSOCIATES LTD.

No. 10-1235.

RICHARD GITTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CARDIAC & THORACIC SURGICAL ASSOCIATES, LTD.; ROCKINGHAM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 23, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judge Wilkinson wrote a dissenting opinion.

ARGUED: Victor Lee Hayslip, BURR & FORMAN, LLP , Birmingham, Alabama, for Appellant.

Marshall Howard Ross, WHARTON ALDHIZER & WEAVER, PLC, Harrisonburg, Virginia; Charles Manley Allen, GOODMAN, ALLEN & FILETTI, Glen Allen, Virginia, for Appellees.

ON BRIEF: Walker S. Stewart, BURR & FORMAN, LLP, Birmingham, Alabama, for Appellant.

Vacated and remanded by unpublished opinion. Judge Gregory wrote the majority opinion, in which Chief Judge Traxler joined.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

GREGORY, Circuit Judge.

This is a diversity jurisdiction case regarding a claim of equitable estoppel in a breach of contract suit. After a hiring search, Appellees Cardiac & Thoracic Surgical Associates ("CTSA") and Rockingham Memorial Hospital ("RMH") chose Appellant Dr. Richard Gitter as their new chief cardiac surgeon. The parties failed to complete a signed contract memorializing...

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