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CaseNo: C.A. No. 15,558, CourtCode: CC, CourtName: IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, Plaintiff: HEALTH CONCEPTS INTERNATIONAL, State: DE Delaware, UniqueCaseRef: DE>CC>00015558, Macom, Cina, Delaware, Amended Complaint, Scott Macom, Hci, Jurisdiction, Personal Jurisdiction, Contract, Dismiss, Medical Innovations, Motion, Vat-tech, Del, Vorrie Macom, Medical Technologies Leasing, Poeling, Agreement, Affidavit, Wilmington, Complaint, Support, Allege, Predicate Acts, Rico Claim, Health Concepts, Hi1, Anthony Cina, Continuity, Tortious Interference, Authorities, Moving Defendants, Levinson, Chancery, Facts, Connolly Drinker Biddle, Chestnut Street Philadelphia , ContentID: 120241046

Case Documents
1 2001-09-18 INC. V. SOUTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER ORDER
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2 2001-03-06 BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS
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5 pages
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3 1999-04-09 REPLY BRIEF OF DEFENDANT IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS
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9 pages
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4 1999-04-01 PLAINTIFFS ANSWER TO MOTION TO DISMISS
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16 pages
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5 1999-03-05 BRIEF
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15 pages
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6 1999-02-15 BRIEF
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Total Documents: 6 documents , 65 pages
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1 . INC. V. SOUTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER ORDER

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
MOTION
DISMISS
MARVIN
JURISDICTION
CHANCERY
DELAWARE
YNC
WVRE CORPCLRSTION
HEALTH
YIMES
DEFENDANT
MARVIN PEELING
PREMISES
LITTDR
PERSONAL JURISDICTION
MATTER JURISDICTION
POC
OKDERFD
ADJUDTILI
PLAILRTIFFS
COMPLAINT
MARVIN POCLING
PREJUDICE
                                                               FAX NO.                             
                                                                     302  4 2 6   1 3 0 0          





                COURT OF  CHANCERY  OF  `J%E STATE OF DELAWARE
                                       NEW  CASTLE COUNTY

HEALTH CONCIPTS I~NTERNATTONAL,                          )
YNC,,  a &+wvre Corpclrstion;  HEALTH
JNNOVATIONS,  WZ., a Dehwc                               ;
corporetion,            PlaloliTfs,                      i)       CA, No. 15558 (F'cs)
         v,
                                                         ;
SOUTH  SHORE  MEDICAL  CXNTER,                           1
et al                                                    1
                        Defendants.                      )



         (YIMES HOW the Court, upon a .Motion  to Dismiss filed by defendant, Dr. Marvin Peeling.

and the Court, having considered said Motion, and hcing duly advised in the premises, now littdr

that this Court Is&s personal jurisdiction and subject matter  jurisdiction ever the said nr, Marvin

poc&, and that defendant's Motion should ha ORANTED.

         WHERET;OI~,  IT IS OKDERFD, ADJUDtiLi)  AXD DECREED  that dofcndant's Motion

to Dismiss is hsreby granled. and that the plailrtiffs'  Complaint q&s\ the said Dr. Marvin Pocling

ii: dismissed, with  prejudice.



                                              Judge.,                Court of the State of Delaware
                                              in and forhkw Casttc County



SNIPPETS:
  • COURT OF CHANCERY OF `J%E STATE OF DELAWARE
  • YNC,, a &+wvre Corpclrstion; HEALTH
  • (YIMES HOW the Court, upon a .Motion to Dismiss filed by defendant, Dr. Marvin Peeling.
  • and the Court, having considered said Motion, and hcing duly advised in the premises, now
  • that this Court Is&s personal jurisdiction and subject matter jurisdiction ever the said nr,
  • poc&, and that defendant's Motion should ha ORANTED.
  • WHERET;OI~, IT IS OKDERFD, ADJUDtiLi) AXD DECREED that dofcndant's Motion
  • and that the plailrtiffs' Complaint q&s\ the said Dr. Marvin Pocling
  • ii: dismissed, with prejudice.

  • 2 . BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    POELING
    AGREEMENT
    COMPLAINT
    JURISDICTION
    DOCTORS ALTERNATIVES
    PARAGRAPH
    ALLEGE
    MATTER
    COURT
    BASIS
    MANUFACTURER
    VAT-TECH
    DEFENDANT
    CONTRACT
    DELAWARE
    DISMISS
    PLACEMENT
    EXHIBIT
    HCI
    PROPER
    ALLEGATIONS
    SALE
    ACCORDANCE
    PARTY
    ASSERTING
    REFERENCE
    WRITTEN AGREEMENT
    RHETORICAL PARAGRAPH
    RELIEF PROPER
    
                     COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
                                           NEW CASTLE COUNTY                                           
    HEALTH CONCEPTS INTERNATIONAL,                        )                           _ 1
    INC., a Delaware Corporation; HEALTH                                                  ,!..
                                                                                   C'.-
    INNOVATIONS, INC., a Delaware                         i                        .L_ ): "
    Corporation,                                                                    i.
                            Plaintiffs,                   ;       C.A. No. 15558 (NC')
             V.                                           i                               :i'>,  5
                                                                                           z  .:\
                                                                                           -  _  ,:
    SOUTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER,                           ;                                       ..
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
     
  • COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
  • COMES NOW defendant, Dr. Marvin Poeling, and hereby submits his brief in support ofthe
  • defendant's Motion to Dismiss, and respectfully would show unto the Court as follows:
  • LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION
  • The plaintiff herein has brought suit against Dr. Marvin Poeling.
  • plaintiffs and Dr. Poeling wherein Dr. Poeling acted as a "placement coordinator" for
  • rhetorical paragraph 32 of plaintiffs Amended Verified Complaint for Injunctive Relief,
  • Plaintiffs attached to their Complaint a copy of the "Placement Coordinator
  • Agreement" as Exhibit A to their Complaint.
  • Clearly a written agreement between HCI and Doctors Alternatives cannot be used as a basis
  • dismissed, with prejudice, and for all other relief proper in the premises.
  • LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION
  • Plaintiffs allege the same Agreement referenced above is the basis for asserting subject
  • Jurisdiction is proper over this defendant by virtue of 10 Del.
  • this Court in paragraph nine of his contract with HCI.
  • Paragraph nine of the contract, as referenced by plaintiffs, provides as follows:
  • construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Delaware except
  • Dr. Poeling is not personally such a party.
  • It is likewise clear that plaintiffs' allegations against Dr. Poeling herein grow out of
  • Some of the tables which Vat-Tech sold directly were to Poeling & Gilbertson,
  • Complaint focus on the alleged sales activities of Vat-Tech, and make no reference whatsoever

  • 3 . REPLY BRIEF OF DEFENDANT IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    PLAINTIFFS
    DELAWARE
    ALLEGE
    COURT
    SCOTT MACOM
    DEFENDANT
    JURISDICTION
    FACTS
    BUSINESS
    MEM
    ACTS
    DISPUTE
    ROLLINS
    PERSONAL JURISDICTION
    ECOVAULT
    MOTION
    AUTHORITIES
    VENUE
    SUPPORT
    ATTORNEYS
    BASIS
    EXERCISE
    IMPROPER
    CRS SIRRINE
    PARTIES
    CRUVER
    HAISFIELD
    DELAWARE LAWYERS
    REASONS
    
                      COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
                                        NEW CASTLE COUNTY
    
    HEALTH CONCEPTS INT'L, et al.,                       ))
                     Plaintiffs,                         )
          V .                                            )      C.A. No. 15,558
                                                         )
    SOUTH SHORE MED. CTR., et al.,                       ))
                     Defendants, and                     11
    ROBERT D. MACOM and V. SCOTT MACOM, ))
                     Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs/  )
                     Third-Party Counterclaim Defs.,     )
          V .                                            )                                           . 
                                                                                      1~.
                                                         1
    NORMAN WERTHER, et al.,                              1                                   -  .
                                                         )
                     Third-Party Defendants, and         ))
    DAVID N. LEVINSON and STEVEN J. SHOTZ, ))
                     Third-Party Defendants/Third-Party )
                     Counterclaim Plaintiffs.            )
    
                     REPLY BRIEF OF DEFENDANT MACOM & ASSOCIATES
                              IN SUPPORT OF ITS MOTION TO DISMISS
    
                                                         WENDELBURG, MCCULLOUGH  &
                                                         McKENTY, P.A.
                                                         Steven F. Mones
                                                         824 Market Street, Fourth Floor
                                                         P.O. Box 397
                                                         Wilmington, DE 19899-0397
                                                         (302) 655-6749
    
                                                         ELISA P. PIZZINO
                                                         473 Frank Boulevard
                                                         Akron, OH 44313
                                                          (440) 423-6877
    
                                                         Attorneys for Defendant Macom & Associates
    April 9, 1999
    
    
    
                                                                                  TABLE OF CONTENTS
    
    
    Table of Authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • ROBERT D. MACOM and V. SCOTT MACOM,))
  • REPLY BRIEF OF DEFENDANT MACOM & ASSOCIATES
  • IN SUPPORT OF ITS MOTION TO DISMISS
  • PLAINTIFFS FAILED TO SHOW ANY BASIS AS TO WHY
  • THIS COURT SHOULD EXERCISE JURISDICTION OVER
  • ASSOCIATES HAS SUFFICIENT CONTACTS WITH DELAWARE
  • IS UNSUPPORTED EVEN BY THEIR OWN AUTHORITIES.
  • PLAINTIFFS DO NOT DISPUTE THAT VENUE WOULD BE
  • IMPROPER AS TO MACOM & ASSOCIATES CORPORATION..
  • Del.Super., 1988 WL 139868, mem.
  • Haisfeld v. Cruver,
  • Haisfield v. Cruver, Del.Ch., C.A.
  • Rollins Props., Inc. v. CRS Sirrine, Inc., Del.Super., 1988 WL 139868, mem.
  • Delaware Lawyers' Rule of Professional Conduct 5.1.
  • PLAINTIFFS FAILED TO SHOW ANY BASIS AS TO WHY
  • plaintiffs failed to show why this Court has personal jurisdiction
  • This argument fails for several reasons.
  • plaintiffs make the vague argument that certain alleged acts of
  • Scott Macom, which took place within the State of Delaware, were in violation of the
  • plaintiffs allege no facts to support their assertion that Scott Macom was acting
  • business within the State of Delaware, or had any contacts with the parties involved in this
  • International, Inc. or Health Innovations, Inc. paid attorneys fees to either Scott
  • the Court found that defendant EcoVault transacted business in Delaware

  • 4 . PLAINTIFFS ANSWER TO MOTION TO DISMISS

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DEFENDANT
    DEL
    DELAWARE
    SCOTT MACOM
    PLAINTIFFS
    JURISDICTION
    ESQUIRE
    COURT
    HII/HCI
    MOTION
    COMPLAINT
    PERSONAL JURISDICTION
    SUPP
    HCI
    BUSINESS
    DISMISS
    LAW
    PROFESSION
    HI1
    OFFICER
    FACTS
    GENERAL COUNSEL
    JERSEY
    SUPR
    SEARS
    BREACH
    AMENDED COMPLAINT
    ALLEGES
    CORPORATE OPPORTUNITY
    
                IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
                         IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
    
    HEALTH CONCEPTS INTERNATIONAL,              )    C.A. No. 15558
    INC., a Delaware Corporation;
    HEALTH INNOVATIONS, INC.,                   ;
    a Delaware Corporation,
                Plaintiffs,                     ;
         V .
                                                ;
    SOUTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER, a business  )
    organization of the State of New Jersey;)
    MEDICAL INNOVATIONS, INC.,;
    MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LEASING CORP.,         ;
    an Ohio corporation; MACOM & ASSOCIATES,)                     .-
    P.A., a law firm of the State of Ohio;  )
    ROBERT MACOM; SCOTT MACOM, Esq.;
    VORRIE MACOM, M.D.; ALAN CARR, D.O.;        i
    VAT-TECH, INC., a Canadian corporation;  1                          _ ,..
    VAT-TECH USA, INC.; Dr. ALLEN DYER;
    Dr. LAWRENCE DYER; ANTHONY CINA;            ;
    Dr. MARVIN POELING;
    Dr. HAROLD K. GILBERTSON,                   ;
                Defendants and,
                                                ;
    ROBERT MACOM and SCOTT MACOM
                Defendants/Third-Party          ;
                Plaintiffs,
         V.                                     ;
    
    DAVID N. LEVINSON, et al,,                  ;
         Third-Party Defendants.                1
    
    
    
       PLAINTIFF'S ANSWER TO MACOM  & ASSOCIATES MOTION TO DISMISS
    
    
    
    
    
                                           Michael K. Tighe, Esquire
                                           Jos. Scott Shannon, Esquire
                                           TIGHE COTTRELL & LOGAN, P.A.
                                           First Federal Plaza
                                           704 King Street, 5th Floor
                                           P.O. Box 1031
                                           Wilmington, DE 19899-1031
                                           (302) 658 - 6400
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
  • a business) organization of the State of New Jersey;)
  • P.A., a law firm of the State of Ohio;) ROBERT MACOM; SCOTT MACOM, Esq.;
  • ROBERT MACOM and SCOTT MACOM
  • PLAINTIFF'S ANSWER TO MACOM & ASSOCIATES MOTION TO DISMISS
  • THIS COURT HAS PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER MACOM &
  • Armstrong v. Pomerance, Del.
  • Supr., 531 A.2d 206.
  • F. Supp.
  • Sears, Roebuck and Co. v. Sears plc,
  • Plaintiffs Health Concepts International, Inc., and
  • complaint adding as additional parties Defendants Vat-Tech, Inc.,
  • On or about September 23, 1998, Defendant Macom & Associates
  • was not an attorney admitted to practice law in this State.
  • Macom, Esquire, a principal of Macom & Associates.
  • STATEMENT OF FACTS
  • Health Innovations, Inc. ("HII," and together with HCI,
  • Defendant Scott Macom, Esquire, was General Counsel of
  • maintaining the corporate documents for HI1 and HCI,
  • 'All references to the Amended Complaint shall be abbreviated "A.C.
  • In violation of the fiduciary duty he owed to HII/HCI,
  • In breach of his fiduciary obligations to HII/HCI,
  • THIS COURT HAS PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER MACOM & ASSOCIATES
  • officer, director or shareholder of HI1 and HCI, performed legal
  • HCI through his profession as a lawyer -- V. Scott Macom,
  • WL 497868, Steele, V.C. ("Plaintiff alleges
  • Delaware corporation's corporate opportunity and wasting the
  • Moving Defendants' Motion to Dismiss must be denied.

  • 5 . BRIEF

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    CINA
    COURT
    DEFENDANT
    AMENDED COMPLAINT
    CONTRACT
    DELAWARE
    VAT-TECH
    DISMISS
    HCI
    PREDICATE ACTS
    RICO CLAIM
    ANTHONY CINA
    MOTION
    CONTINUITY
    TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE
    CONNOLLY DRINKER BIDDLE
    CHESTNUT STREET PHILADELPHIA
    REATH LLP PHILADELPHIA
    FORUM SELECTION CLAUSE
    RACKETEERING ACTIVITY
    HI1
    CORPORATE AGENT
    CORPORATE AGENT ACTING
    HEALTH CONCEPTS
    GALLAGHER
    WILMINGTON
    NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
    REPRESENTATIVES
    OPEN-ENDED CONTINUITY
    
                                                                                     ORIGINAL
                IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
                              IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
    
    
    HEALTH CONCEPTS INTERNATIONAL,                     :
    INC., et al.,
                                           Plaintiffs, :
    
                        V.                                    C.A. No. 15558 NC
    
    SOUTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER, et al.,                :
    
                                           Defendants. :
    
    
    
    
                DEFENDANT ANTHONY CINA'S REPLY BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF
               HIS MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS' AMENDED COMPLAINT
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                                       Henry E. Gallagher, Jr.
                                                       CONNOLLY, BOVE, LODGE & HUTZ
                                                       1220 Market Street
                                                       Wilmington, DE 19899
                                                       (302) 658-9141
    
                                                       Attorneys for Defendant Anthony Cina
    
    OF COUNSEL:
    
    Edward M. Posner
    William M. Connolly
    DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP
    Philadelphia National Bank Building
    1345 Chestnut Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19107-3496
    (215)988-2700
    
    Dated: March 5, 1999.
    
    
    
                                                                                                   
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • ORIGINAL IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
  • HEALTH CONCEPTS INTERNATIONAL,
  • DEFENDANT ANTHONY CINA'S REPLY BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF HIS MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS' AMENDED
  • Wilmington, DE 19899
  • Attorneys for Defendant Anthony Cina
  • Edward M. Posner William M. Connolly DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP Philadelphia National Bank
  • Plaintiffs Do Not Allege A Pattern Of Racketeering Activity.
  • Plaintiffs' Tortious Interference Claims Must Be Dismissed.
  • A Corporate Agent Acting On The
  • Interfering With The Corporation's Contract.
  • Edmondson & Gallagher v. Alban Towers Tenants Ass'n,

  • 6 . BRIEF

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DEFENDANTS
    COURT
    PLAINTIFFS
    MEDICAL INNOVATIONS
    DELAWARE
    VORRIE MACOM
    MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LEASING
    AFFIDAVIT
    BUSINESS
    PERSONAL JURISDICTION
    SUPPORT
    SCOTT MACOM
    WILMINGTON
    MOVING DEFENDANTS
    LEVINSON
    AMENDED COMPLAINT
    CHANCERY
    THIRD-PARTY
    FIRST AFFIDAVIT
    HCI
    DIRECTORS
    LEGAL ENTITY
    HII
    AFFIDAVIT TESTIMONY
    ATTORNEYS
    AUTHORITIES
    MTLC
    CONSTITUTION
    HEALTH CONCEPTS
    
                    COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWAlj@,;
                                       NEW CASTLE COUNTY                     i`  .'  p  /,.y.
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    HEALTH CONCEPTS INT'L, et al.,              )
    
                   Plaintiffs,                  11
         V.                                     )      C.A. No. 15,558
                                                )
    SOUTH SHORE MED. CTR., et al.,              ))
                   Defendants, and               ))
    ROBERT D. MACOM and                         >
    V. SCOTT MACOM,                              >)
                   Defendants/Third-Party )
                   Plaintiffs/Third-Party        )
                   Counterclaim Defendants, )>
          V.                                     1
                                                 >
    NORMAN WERTHER, et al.,                      >1
                   Third-Party Defendants, and  ))
    DAVID N. LEVINSON and                        >
    STEVEN J. SHOTZ,                             ))
                   Third-Party Defendants/ )
                   Third-Party Counterclaim  )
                   Plaintiffs.                    1
    
                REPLY BRIEF OF DEFENDANTS SOUTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER,
         VORRIE MACOM, M.D., MEDICAL INNOVATIONS, INC., AND MEDICAL
      TECHNOLOGIES LEASING CORP. IN SUPPORT OF THEIR MOTION TO DISMISS
    
                                                       WENDELBURG, MCCULLOUGH  &
                                                       McKENTY, P.A.
                                                       Daniel L. McKenty
                                                       Steven F. Mones
                                                       824 Market Street, Fourth Floor
                                                       P.O. Box 397
                                                       Wilmington, DE 19899-0397
                                                       (302) 655-6749
                                                       Attorneys for Defendants R.Macom,
                                                       S.Macom, V. Macom,"South Shore Medical
                                                       Center," Medical Innovations, Inc. and
    February 15, 1999                                  Medical Technologies Leasing Corp.
    
    
    
                                                                              TABLE OF CONTENTS
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWAlj@,;
  • Counterclaim Defendants,)>
  • Third-Party Defendants/)
  • REPLY BRIEF OF DEFENDANTS SOUTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER, VORRIE MACOM, M.D., MEDICAL
  • IN SUPPORT OF THEIR MOTION TO DISMISS
  • Wilmington, DE 19899-0397
  • Attorneys for Defendants R.Macom,
  • Table of Authorities.
  • THE COURT LACKS PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER,
  • AND THE AMENDED COMPLAINT FAILS TO STATE A
  • CENTER," VORRIE MACOM, M.D., MEDICAL INNOVATIONS,
  • AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LEASING CORP..
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