Weatherby Locums, Inc. v. Kern County Hospital Authority

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WEATHERBY LOCUMS INC., a Florida Case No. 1:20-cv-00949 JLT CDB corporation, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S Plaintiff, MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION v. FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 14 KERN COUNTY HOSPITAL (Docs. 30, 31) AUTHORITY, Defendant.

The matter before the Court arises from a contractual dispute between Weatherby Locums, Incorporated, a locum tenes providing staffing services, and Kern County Hospital Authority, a government entity operating Kern Medical Center. Pursuant the terms of the parties’ professional services contract, Weatherby Locums supplied Kern County Hospital Authority with physicians to provide clinical services on a temporary basis at Kern Medical Center. After Kern County Hospital Authority refused to pay provisional “contract buyout” fees, Weatherby Locums commenced litigation and filed suit against Kern County Hospital Authority for…