Here are four recent noncompete suits to know, as reported by Becker’s since March 13:
- Parker Fillmore, MD, a trauma surgeon and former trauma medical director at Boise, Idaho-based Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, is suing the hospital for wrongful termination and enforcing a noncompete clause that prevents him from working at other local hospitals.
- A former Centene executive is suing the company over what he called “wrongful, anti-competitive, and bullying behavior” related to a noncompete agreement.
- A jury ruled in favor of San Antonio-based Neurosurgery and Spine Consultants in a noncompete case, but Methodist Healthcare and an affiliate plan to appeal the $24 million verdict.
- Fort Wayne (Ind.) Orthopedics LLC is suing an orthopedic surgeon alleging he provided care at a competing group after he resigned.
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