Stein v. Clinical Data

Summary

In this Healthcare employment litigation proceeding, plaintiff Israel M. Stein, M.D. alleged Clinical Data Inc., a company the plaintiff founded of breach of employment agreement, which after resignation entitled the plaintiff to severance pay and benefits, and obligated him to refrain from certain conduct for a one year period, including competing with the company, using or disclosing its trade secrets and confidential business information, and soliciting its employees. The defendant in its counterclaim alleged that that Stein interfered with the auction process related to the defendant selling its Vital Diagnostics Division, including a foreign subsidiary known as Vital Scientific N.V, and used and disclosed confidential information of Clinical Data in doing so, in violation of his employment agreement.

The plaintiff was represented by attorney Peter Carr, The defendant in this case Clinical Data Inc was represented by attorney Brian Davis and Jean Paul Jaillet.

Outcome

Fully Compensate Clinical Data: 5,753,346

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Stein, Israel
Defense: Clinical Data
Verdict: $5,753,846

Judge: Judith Fabricant
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk County
Court: Suffolk County Courthouse

Case Number: SUCV2007-03418
Industry: Health care
Practice Area: Employment Law, Business Organizations

Plaintiff

Stein, Israel

Represented By:
Carr, Peter (Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC)

Defense

Clinical Data

Represented By:
Davis, Brian (Choate Hall & Stewart)
Jaillet, Jean-Paul (Choate Hall & Stewart)

Expert Witnesses

Platt, Simon CPA, CFF, FCA

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:12:41	General Case Activities
00:36:27	Opening Statement	Davis, Brian
01:04:27	Opening Statement	Carr, Peter
01:21:14	Break
01:42:30	General Case Activities
01:44:05	Witness Direct Examination	Carr, Peter	Fromkin, Andrew	In Person
03:20:45	End of Session

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Davis, Brian	Fromkin, Andrew	In Person
00:52:09	Witness Cross Examination	Carr, Peter	Fromkin, Andrew	In Person
01:55:39	Break
02:18:09	Witness Cross Examination	Carr, Peter	Fromkin, Andrew	In Person
03:44:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Davis, Brian	Fromkin, Andrew	In Person
03:59:22	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Carr, David	Fromkin, Andrew	In Person
04:00:29	End of Session

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

13 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Davis, Brian	Stein, Dr. Israel MD	In Person
00:42:31	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Carr, Peter	Stein, Dr. Israel MD	In Person
00:46:49	General Case Activities
00:47:51	Witness Direct Examination	Jaillet, Jean-Paul	Hugen, Emile	Transcript Reading
00:55:45	Witness Direct Examination	Jaillet, Jean-Paul	Berkleij, Richard	Transcript Reading
01:12:33	General Case Activities
01:13:39	Witness Direct Examination	Davis, Brian	Platt, Simon CPA, CFF, FCA	In Person
01:46:00	Witness Re-Cross Examination
02:08:17	Witness Direct Examination	Davis, Brian	Platt, Simon CPA, CFF, FCA	In Person
02:36:15	Witness Cross Examination	Carr, Peter	Platt, Simon CPA, CFF, FCA	In Person
03:43:24	General Case Activities
03:44:45	Witness Cross Examination	Carr, Peter	Platt, Simon CPA, CFF, FCA	In Person
03:52:06	End of Session

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

14 Chapters

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Closings

7 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

4 Chapters

MAR

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Stein v. Clinical Data

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:44:02	Witness Direct Examination	Davis, Brian	Stein, Dr. Israel MD	In Person
00:00:00	General Case Activities
01:48:54	Break
02:10:11	Witness Direct Examination	Davis, Brian	Stein, Dr. Israel MD	In Person
03:05:37	General Case Activities
03:09:26	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Carr, Peter	Stein, Dr. Israel MD	In Person
03:53:43	General Case Activities
03:54:35	General Case Activities
03:58:58	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:12	Witness Cross Examination	Carr, Peter	Platt, Simon CPA, CFF, FCA	In Person
01:02:53	General Case Activities
01:04:11	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Davis, Brian	Platt, Simon CPA, CFF, FCA	In Person
01:28:33	General Case Activities
01:49:23	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Davis, Brian	Platt, Simon CPA, CFF, FCA	In Person
02:00:31	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Carr, Peter	Platt, Simon CPA, CFF, FCA	In Person
02:17:34	General Case Activities
02:20:41	General Case Activities		Platt, Simon CPA, CFF, FCA	In Person
02:22:12	General Case Activities
02:23:57	Witness Direct Examination	Carr, Peter	Driver, Richard Ph.D	In Person
02:28:35	Witness Cross Examination	Jaillet, Jean-Paul	Driver, Richard Ph.D	In Person
02:37:22	General Case Activities
02:37:52	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:18	Closing Statement	Carr, Peter
00:43:05	Closing Statement	Davis, Brian
01:20:32	Break
01:42:43	General Case Activities
02:52:00	General Case Activities
02:52:26	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:07	General Case Activities
		00:00:40	Reading of the Verdict
		00:03:34	General Case Activities
		00:05:35	End of Session