Davita Inc. v. Bednar

BURR, J.,

The plaintiff, DaVita Inc., appeals from this court’s order granting the cross-motion *3of the defendants, Barbara Bednar, Reliant Renal Care Inc., Ñola M. McMullen and Stephanie Bates, for sanctions against the plaintiff for its willful violation of two court orders to produce its chief executive officer, Kent Thiry, for his deposition, and dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 4019(c)(3).1

The facts giving rise to this action are that the plaintiff, a nationwide multi-billion dollar provider of dialysis and other medical services, purchased Physicians’ Dialysis…