ReadyLink

FACTS

In June and July 2010, ReadyLink executed supplemental staffing agreements with the Hospitals. The agreements were two years in duration. Pursuant to one of those agreements, ReadyLink provided temporary nurse Suvarna Durgiah, R.N. to Western Medical Center Santa Ana. Thereafter, in September 2011, Daniel Stearns filed a medical malpractice action against Western Medical Center Santa Ana and two doctors (Stearns Malpractice Lawsuit).

The Hospital Defendants are IHHI, WMC-SA, Inc., doing business as Western Medical Center Santa Ana, WMC-A, Inc., doing business as Western Medical Center Anaheim, Coastal Communities Hospital, Inc., doing business as Coastal Communities Hospital, and Chapman Medical Center, Inc., doing business as Chapman Medical Center.

2 On the expiration of the 2010 supplemental staffing agreements, new supplemental staffing agreements were executed between ReadyLink and the Hospitals. Three of the supplemental staffing agreements, including the one for Western Medical Center Santa Ana, were entered into on June 1, 2012. The fourth supplemental staffing agreement was entered into shortly thereafter. On June 8, 2012, Western Medical Center Santa…