Medlink Health Solutions, LLC v. Maddox Defense, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA MEDLINK HEALTH SOLUTIONS, Case No.: 22-cv-1306-AGS-DEB

LLC,

ORDER:

Plaintiff, (1) GRANTING BATCHELOR v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT (ECF 71); 6 (2) GRANTING IN PART MOTIONS MADDOX DEFENSE INC., et al., TO SEAL (ECF 69, 78, 83); AND Defendants. (3) DENYING REQUEST FOR

JUDICIAL NOTICE (ECF 71-5)

9 This summary-judgment motion turns on whether the parties’ mutual release is valid. BACKGROUND In a separate lawsuit in Texas, disposable-gown manufacturer Wildcat PPE, LLC, sued several of the parties to the present litigation, including now-plaintiff Medlink Health Solutions, LLC, and now-defendant ECT Medical, LLC. (ECF 77-1, at 3.) In the Texas case, “Medlink and ECT entered into a Confidential Settlement Agreement,” including a mutual release of claims. (Id.) Medlink specifically agreed to “release[] and discharge[] ECT, [ECT’s Vice President] Elgin Tracy, . . . [and their] attorneys…