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CaseNo: C.A. No. 15,687, CourtCode: CC, CourtName: IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, Plaintiff: SHAEV, State: DE Delaware, UniqueCaseRef: DE>CC>00015687, Settlement, Plan, Healthsouth, Stock Option, Stipulation, Grant, Directors, Summary Judgment, Grants, Fees, Del, Expenses, Chancery, Tanner, Shareholders, Delaware, Proposed Settlement, Facts, Judgement, Parties, Derivative Action, Non-employee Directors, Support, Motion, Resolution, Partial Summary Judgment, Healthsouth Corporation, Corn, Cross-motion, Amended Complaint, Stockholder, Annual Meeting, Sage Givens, Public Policy Considerations, Complaint, Annual Grant, Individual Defendants , ContentID: 120241045

Case Documents
1 2001-08-03 PLAINTIFFS BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AND APPLICATION FOR ATTORNEYS FEES AND EXPENSES
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2 2001-05-17 STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT
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35 pages
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3 2000-06-05 PLAINTIFFS REPLY BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
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13 pages
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4 2000-04-10 DEFENDANTS REPLY BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND IN RESPONSE TO CROSS-MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT
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24 pages
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Total Documents: 4 documents , 92 pages
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1 . PLAINTIFFS BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AND APPLICATION FOR ATTORNEYS FEES AND EXPENSES

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
SETTLEMENT
GRANTS
PLAN
STOCK OPTION
FEES
COUNSEL
COURT
HEALTHSOUTH
EXPENSES
ATTORNEYS
DEFENDANTS
PROPOSED SETTLEMENT
FACTS
DEL
CORN
AMENDED COMPLAINT
NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
SHAREHOLDERS
PUBLIC POLICY CONSIDERATIONS
SUMMARY JUDGMENT
PROXY STATEMENT
LITIGATION
ANNUAL MEETING
MARKET PRICE
STOCKHOLDERS
ALLIED ARTISTS PICTURES
AMENDMENT
COMPENSATION
REASONABLENESS
              IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
                                 IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
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VICTORIA SHAEV,

                                     Plaintiff,

         v

RICHARD M. SCRUSHY, PHILIP C.
WATKINS, M.D., GEORGE H. STRONG.
C. SAGE  GIVENS. CHARLES W
NEWHALL  III, AARON BEAM, JR.,
JAMES P. BENNETT, LARRY R. HOUSE,
ANTHONY J. TANNER. JOHN S.
CHAMBERLIN,  RICHARD F. CELESTE,
P. DARYL BROWN, RAYMOND J. DUNN,
III, JOEL C. GORDON and
HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION,

                                     Defendants.
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              PLAINTIFF'S BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT
               AND APPLICATION FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES AND EXPENSES


                                                                     ROSENTHAL, MONHAIT, GROSS
                                                                      & GODDESS, P.A.
                                                                     Suite 1401, Mellon Bank Center
                                                                     P.O. Box 1070
                                                                     Wilmington, DE 19899
                                                                     (302) 656) 4433
                                                                     Attorneys for Plaintiff


OF COUNSEL:

A. ARNOLD GERSHON P.C.
295 Madison Avenue. Suite 1126
New York, NY 100 17
(212) 684-3033

DATED: August  3,200l



                                       TABLE OF CONTENTS

SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
  • PLAINTIFF'S BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT
  • AND APPLICATION FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES AND EXPENSES
  • The Proxy Statement
  • The 1997 Stock Option Grants
  • The 1997 Stock Option Plan
  • Plaintiffs Amended Complaint 4
  • Allied Artists Pictures Corn v. Baron, Del.
  • In re FLS Holdings, Inc. Shareholders Litip., Del.
  • the non-employee directors of Healthsouth Corporation.
  • Plaintiff submits this brief in support of the Settlement and the application of plaintiffs
  • counsel for attorneys' fees in the amount of $225,000 inclusive of expenses'.
  • Pursuant to this Court's scheduling order of May 22,2001, notice ofthe proposed Settlement
  • The 1995 Plan was to be presented to the Company's stockholders for their approval at their
  • 1995 annual meeting.
  • defendants authorized a two-for-one stock split in the form of a 100%
  • Healthsouth's stockholders approved the amendment on March
  • The facts are derived from the investigation by plaintiff's counsel, the discovery record
  • future course of the litigation and the Settlement, the documents also revealed that the
  • and chairman of the Company's compensation committee.
  • Plaintiff also alleged that backdating the grant date lowered the option exercise price
  • the overall reasonableness and benefits of the settlement in light
  • E. Public Policy Considerations

  • 2 . STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    COURT
    STIPULATION
    HEALTHSOUTH
    DEFENDANTS
    PLAINTIFF
    DIRECTORS
    GRANT
    CHANCERY
    ATTORNEYS
    STOCK OPTION
    PLAN
    DELAWARE
    JUDGEMENT
    PARTIES
    DERIVATIVE ACTION
    HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION
    SHAREHOLDERS
    SAGE GIVENS
    COMPLAINT
    INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS
    CONDITIONS SET
    CASTLE COUNTY
    VICTORIA SHAEV
    CHAMBERLIN
    DARYL BROWN
    EXPENSES
    CHANCERY RULE
    SETTLED CLAIMS
    REPRESENTATIVES
    
             IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
    
                           IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
    
    VICTORIA SHAEV,
    
                   Plaintiff,
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    LARRY R.. HOUSE, ANTHONY J.                                                           .           CT
    TANNER,, JOHN S. CHAMBERLIN,                   :
    RICHARD F. CELESTE, P. DARYL                   :
    BROWN, RAYMOND J. DUNN, III,                   :
    AND HEALTHSOUTH CORPORA-                       :
    TION,
    
                   Defendants.
    
                            STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT
    
                   The plaintiff in the above-referenced derivative action (the "Action")
    
    and the named and nominal defendants (collectively, the "Defendants"), by and
    
    through their attorneys, hereby enter into the following Stipulation of Settlement (the
    
    "Stipulation"), subject to the approval of the Court of Chancery (the "`Court").
    
             WHEREAS,
    
                   A.            On May 1, 1997, plaintiff filed this derivative action on
    
    behalf of HEALTHSOUTH Corporation ("HEALTHSOUTH" or the "Company")
    
    
    
    against current and/or former directors of the Company: Richard M. Scrushy, Phillip
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
  • IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
  • VICTORIA SHAEV,
  • The plaintiff in the above-referenced derivative action
  • and the named and nominal defendants, by and
  • hereby enter into the following Stipulation of Settlement (the
  • subject to the approval of the Court of Chancery.
  • behalf of HEALTHSOUTH Corporation
  • option grants under the Company's 1997 Stock Option Plan to the
  • members of HEALTHSOUTH's Board of Directors who were neither officers nor
  • Plaintiff requested discovery in order to respond to the motion for summary judgment,
  • The amended complaint incorporated the allegations of plaintiff's original complaint and added
  • allegations challenging certain stock option grants to the Non-Employee Directors
  • defendants back-dated the grant as of January 2,
  • Individual Defendants also deny that they breached any fiduciary duties,
  • the terms and conditions set forth herein, in exchange for the agreements contained
  • that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to settle the Action
  • conditions of this Stipulation are fair, reasonable, adequate and proper, and acknowledge
  • subject to the approval of the Court pursuant to Court of Chancery Rule 23.1,
  • Except as expressly provided in Paragraph 1 herdn, the Individual Defendants shall not be
  • representatives, estates, administrators, predecessors, successors, and assigns
  • Settled Claims, either directly, representatively, derivatively or in any other capacity
  • Sage Givens, Charles W. Newhall III,
  • John S. Chamberlin, Richard F. Celeste,
  • P. Daryl Brown, and Raymond Y. Dunn, III
  • HEALTHSOUTH Corporation shall cause a Notice of Settlement
  • Chancery in the above-captioned derivative action.

  • 3 . PLAINTIFFS REPLY BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    PLAN
    GRANT
    DIRECTORS
    SUMMARY JUDGMENT
    MEETING
    DEL
    PLAINTIFF
    PRICE
    RESOLUTION
    GERSHON
    STOCK
    EVIDENCE
    ENTITLING
    AUTHORITY
    EXHIBIT
    TESTIMONY
    STATUTE
    AMENDMENT
    RICHARD
    HEALTHSOUTH
    SUPPORT
    ARNOLD GERSHON
    HAFT
    MOTION
    NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
    EXERCISE PRICE
    MATERIALITY
    AMEND
    MATTER
    
               IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
                          IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
    
    VICTORIA SHAEV,
    
                           Plaintiff,
    
         V.                                    C.A. No. 15687NC
    
    RICHARD M. SCRUSHY, PHILIP C.
    WATKINS, M.D., GEORGE H. STRONG,
    C. SAGE GIVENS, CHARLES W.
    NEWHALL III, AARON BEAM, JR.,
    JAMES P. BENNETT, LARRY R. HOUSE,
    ANTHONY J. TANNER, JOHN S.
    CHAMBERLIN, RICHARD F. CELESTE,
    P. DARYL BROWN, RAYMOND J. DUNN,
    III, JOEL C. GORDON and
    HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION,
    
                           Defendants.
    
    
                   PLAINTIFF'S  REPLY BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF HER
                       CROSS-MOTION FOR  SUMMARY JUDGMENT
    
                                          ROSENTHAL, MONHAIT, GROSS  &
                                            GODDESS, P.A.
                                          Suite 1401, Mellon Bank Center
                                          919 N. Market Street
                                          P.O. Box 1070
                                          Wilmington, DE 19899
                                           (302) 656-4433
                                          Attorneys for Plaintiff
    
    
    OF COUNSEL:
    
    A. ARNOLD GERSHON, P.C.
    295 Madison Avenue, Suite 1126
    New York, NY 10017
    
    DATED: June 5, 2000
    
    
    
                                                        TABLE OF CONTENTS
    
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION,
  • PLAINTIFF'S REPLY BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF HER
  • CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
  • ARNOLD GERSHON, P.C.
  • Burkhart v. Davies_, Del.
  • Haft v. Haft, Del.
  • Pending before the Court are defendants' motion for summary
  • accompanied by the Reply Affirmation of A. Arnold Gershon dated May
  • the undisputed facts show that plaintiff is entitled to
  • 1995 Plan to the extent the option grants exceed 25,000 options per
  • price for the options below the market price for Healthsouth stock
  • documents, defendants back-dated the 1997 option grants to the Non-Employee Directors to be
  • appear that the options were granted before the March 17, 1997 two-for-one stock split,
  • support - that the Board of Directors, at its meeting on October
  • Affm.3 ¶ 8, Exhibit 5), to the first business day of the year,
  • to amend the 1995 Plan - indeed, the minutes are silent about the
  • benefits defendants derived from the lower exercise price for all their 1997 option grants
  • "DB" refers to defendants' answering brief on plaintiff's cross motion submitted jointly with
  • testimony and add underscoring to their excerpt ("that was their
  • and I don't know if it was a resolution so
  • Company's Form 10K for 1996, the year of the purported amendment,
  • plaintiff raised the point in 1998, is conclusive evidence that no
  • the absence of material issues of fact entitling him to judgment as
  • a matter of law, the burden falls upon the respondent to show the
  • Moreover, the governing statute, 8 Del.
  • If the materiality of the terms of an option Plan,
  • Moreover, defen,dants cite no authority or source of authority

  • 4 . DEFENDANTS REPLY BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND IN RESPONSE TO CROSS-MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DEFENDANTS
    SUMMARY JUDGMENT
    COURT
    PLAINTIFF
    TANNER
    HEALTHSOUTH
    GRANT
    DEL
    STOCK OPTION
    PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT
    DIRECTORS
    SUPPORT
    MOTION
    CROSS-MOTION
    RESOLUTION
    STOCKHOLDER
    ANNUAL GRANT
    PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
    ADMINISTRATION
    STOCK SPLIT
    AUTHORITIES
    UNDISPUTED FACTS
    TANNER AFF
    ANNUAL MEETING
    CONTINGENT
    TRANSACTION
    NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
    RICHARD
    AUTHORIZES
    
                   IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
    
                         IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
    
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    VICTORIA SHAEV,                                                         _.;  "
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                               Plaintiff,                                                     i
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                   V .   C . A .   N o .  15687NC  `,
    
    RICHARD M. SCRUSHY, PHILLIP C.
    WATKINS, M.D., GEORGE H. STRONG,                                              r
                                               : .                                     /
    C. SAGE GIVENS, CHARLES W. NEWHALL                                       _
    III, AARON BEAM, JR., JAMES P. BENNETT, :
    LARRY R. HOUSE, ANTHONY J. TANNER,
    JOHN S. CHAMBERLIN,  RICHARD F. :
    CELESTE, P. DARYL BROWN, RAYMOND J.
    DUNN, III, JOEL C. GORDON and
    HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION,
    
                               Defendants.
    __________________-_--------- - - - - - -   x
    
                   DEFENDANTS' REPLY BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF
                      MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND
               ANSWERING BRIEF IN RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF'S
             CROSS-MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT
    
    BOUCHARD MARGULES                            SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE,
       & FRIEDLANDER                                 MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
    222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1102              One Rodney Square
    P.O. Box 29                                  P.O. Box 636
    Wilmington, DE 19899                         Wilmington, DE 19899
    (302) 573-3500                               (302) 651-3000
    Attorneys for Defendant                      Attorneys for the
    HEALTHSOUTH Corporation                      Individual Defendants
    
    DATED: April  lo,2000
    
    
    
                                             TABLE OF CONTENTS
    
                                                                                                       
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • RICHARD M. SCRUSHY, PHILLIP C.
  • DEFENDANTS' REPLY BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF
  • MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND ANSWERING BRIEF IN RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF'S CROSS-MOTION FOR
  • TABLE OF CASES AND AUTHORITIES.
  • PRELIMINARY STATEMENT.
  • PLAINTIFF'S ATTACK ON THE 1997 PLAN IS NOT RIPE.
  • Box, Del.
  • rescission of options granted to the outside directors of HEALTHSOUTH Corporation under its
  • "1995 Plan") and similarly challenges the Company's 1997 stock option plan (the
  • On the undisputed facts of record, Plaintiff cannot establish a right to
  • outside directors under the 1997 Plan.
  • before she became a stockholder.
  • ground that each grant of options pursuant to the 1995 Plan is a continuing wrong.
  • The Court rejected this argument in Schreiber v. Bryan,
  • conduct confers standing to challenge the earlier transaction.
  • As the outside directors' rights under the 1997 Plan are presently contingent rights, they
  • by announcing a stock split and then backdating the option grant to a date before the
  • Judgment and in Support of Her Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment (but
  • changes to a stock option plan to be set forth in a written board resolution.
  • This administration of the 1995 Plan did not alter its fixed terms,
  • (1995 Plan at 1 15, Exhibit C to June 15, 1998 Affidavit of Anthony J. Tanner
  • (Tanner Aff Ex.
  • That summary does not detail the automatic, annual grant of 25,000 shares to non-employee
  • The 1995 Plan expressly authorizes the Board to amend the administrative provisions of the
  • the first business day of the calendar year instead of the date of the annual meeting of
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