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Physician Services Company Defeats $2 Million Breach of Employment Contract Claim

Lash & Goldberg LLP defended a physician services company in arbitration before a retired state trial and appellate court judge against a physician’s $2 million breach of contract claim.  The company had terminated the physician’s employment agreement on the grounds that he had breached his representations and warranties regarding the existence of a restrictive covenant with his former employer.

Hospitals Hold National PPO Accountable and Obtain Nearly $2 Million Arbitration Award

Lash & Goldberg LLP represented several South Florida hospitals of a national health system against Beech Street, a national brokered preferred provider organization.  The hospitals contended that Beech Street improperly allowed fraudulent and unlicensed payers to access the preferred provider network, exposing the hospitals to claims for medical services that could not, and would not, be paid by the fraudulent entities.

After Six Years of Litigation, Hospital and Parent Corporation Obtain Summary Judgment

After six years of litigation, Lash & Goldberg LLP obtained two partial summary judgments that resulted in the dismissal of the entire case against a Miami-Dade hospital and its national parent.  The case, brought by six neonatologists, included claims for breach of contract, tortious interference with advantageous business relationships, violations of the antitrust statutes and injunctive and declaratory relief.

Hospital Obtains Arbitration Award of Nearly $8 Million in Damages and Interest

Lash & Goldberg LLP represented a South Florida hospital in a federal lawsuit brought by Aptium Oncology, the manager of the hospital’s outpatient cancer center and an affiliate of AstraZeneca LLC.  The manager asserted claims for breach of a management services agreement, tortious interference and unfair and deceptive trade practices, and sought more than $50 million in damages from the hospital.