Eminence Healthcare, Inc. v. Centuri Health Ventures, LLC

FACTS

Plaintiffs Eminence Healthcare, Inc., and Eminence Healthcare King, Inc., are California corporations with their principal place of business in Fresno County (collectively, Sellers). Plaintiffs Donnie Andrade and Richard Torosian are the sole shareholders of Sellers. Defendant Centuri Health Ventures, LLC, is a New York limited liability company with its principal place of business in Rockland County, New York and defendant Eminence Healthcare Services, LLC is a California limited liability company (collectively, Buyers). Defendants Zisha Lipschutz and Esti Lipschutz are described in Sellers’ complaint as the alter egos of Buyers and the persons who established and operated those entities. The individual defendants have not appeared in this appeal. Sellers operated outpatient substance abuse clinics that provided intensive substance abuse counseling services for hundreds of students at more than three dozen high schools, alternative education schools, and middle schools throughout various school districts within Fresno and Kings counties. To provide the counseling services, both Sellers were required to have valid contracts with the counties and certifications from the…