Legal Opinion
In Re Mahurkar Double Lumen Hemodialysis Catheter Patent Litigation
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided May 28, 1992No. MDL 853PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge. *
After a settlement between Vas-Cath and Mahurkar, the initial adversaries in this patent case, only two accused infring-ers remain as parties: IMPRA and Kendall Med-West, a division of The Kendall Company. We are in the final stages of discovery, with depositions by the dozen. Trial is set for August 10.
On May 20 Kendall and its parent filed bankruptcy petitions in the bankruptcy court for the District of Delaware. Kendall had been planning the step for more than a year in consort with its major lenders. Kendall filed a bankruptcy petition “prepackaged”…
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