Holcombe v. QUEST DIAGNOSTICS, INC.

MEMORANDUM

ANITA B. BRODY, District Judge.

This memorandum addresses a motion to disqualify the plaintiffs counsel. In the underlying action, Plaintiff Richard Holcombe (“Holcombe”) brought this medical professional liability action (the “Holcombe matter”) against Defendants Quest Diagnostics Inc. and Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories, Inc. (“Quest Diagnostics”). Holcombe claims that Quest Diagnostics negligently performed pathology testing on a specimen removed from Mary Holcombe, Richard Holcombe’s wife, delaying her diagnosis of malignant melanoma and ultimately resulting in her death.…