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McKesson

Caccavale v. McKesson Medical Surgical (Abuse of Process)

Date: 05/20/2009 (Date of Verdict)

Misconduct Type: Ethics

Enforcement Agency: Non-Governmental

Contracting Party: None

Court Type: Civil

Amount: $11,000,000

Disposition: Judgment Against Defendant

Synopsis: A federal jury awarded $11 million in damages to Carmen Caccavale, a Phoenix, Arizona medical and pharmaceutical supplies salesman, and his company in a countersuit they filed against McKesson Medical Surgical Inc., a division of McKesson Corp. McKesson originally sued Caccavale in 2004, claiming Caccavale, a former employee, had violated trade practices when he left the company to take a job with another medical supply company. McKesson’s suit was dismissed in 2008. Caccavale and his company, Henry Schein Inc., countersued McKesson for abuse of the legal process. The jury in the countersuit awarded $5 million to Caccavale and $6 million to Henry Schein.