ST. JOSEPH HOSP. v. HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES

No. 11-13069.

705 F.3d 1289 (2013)

ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, INC., St. Joseph Ventures, Inc., St. Joseph M.O.B., L.P., a Georgia Limited Partnership, Plaintiffs-Counter Defendants-Appellants, v. HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC., Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 24, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Cathey , David E. Hudson , William James Keogh, III , Hull Barrett, PC, Augusta, GA, Leah Ward Sears , Schiff Hardin, LLP, Richard H. Sinkfield , Rogers & Hardin, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Counter Defendants-Appellants.

Michael J. Bowers , Joshua R. Archer , Balch & Bingham, LLP, David M. Zacks , Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Joseph H. Huff , Robert Perry Sentell, III , Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton, LLP, Augusta, GA, for Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, PRYOR and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

In this case, a corporate owner and operator of healthcare facilities across the United States reneged on its "promise" to purchase the assets of a hospital in Augusta, Georgia, so the hospital sued the corporation for breach of contract and, alternatively, under the doctrine of promissory estoppel. It sought to recover as damages the approximate difference between the price the corporation promised to pay for the hospital's assets, $75 million...

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