The General Hospital Corporation v. Esoterix Genetic Laboratories, LLC
Case Details
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- Unknown
- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- appeal
- Circuit
- First Circuit
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Outcome
The First Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the district court's $1.29 million damages award in favor of the hospitals, holding that the settlement agreement's release provision discharged Esoterix's obligation to pay royalties for uses and sales occurring before the release's effective date of June 27, 2017.
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