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VENTAS, INC. v. HCP, INC.

Nos. 09-6385, 09-6413.

647 F.3d 291 (2011)

VENTAS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. HCP, INC., fka Health Care Property Investors, Inc., Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 17, 2011.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 27, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jeffrey A. Lamken , Mololamken LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. David J. Bradford , Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Jeffrey A. Lamken , Mololamken LLP, Washington, D.C., Sheryl G. Snyder , Frost Brown Todd LLC, Louisville, Kentucky, Matthew C. Blickensderfer , Frost Brown Todd LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio, Mark C. Hansen , Aaron M. Panner , Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. David J. Bradford , Terri L. Mascherin , Daniel J. Weiss , Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, Illinois, Paul M. Smith , Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C., Eric L. Ison , Holland N. McTyeire V , Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellee.

CLAY, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which GRIFFIN, J., joined. MERRITT, J. (p. 329-30), delivered a separate opinion concurring in the result and much of the reasoning of the majority opinion.

OPINION

CLAY, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity action, Defendant HCP, Inc. appeals a $101,672,807.00 judgment entered by the district court for Plaintiff Ventas, Inc. following a jury trial on Ventas' claim of tortious interference with a prospective advantage, and Ventas cross-appeals. HCP attacks the judgment on the basis of res judicata; the sufficiency of the evidence; and the jury instructions. Ventas seeks to augment the judgment with punitive...

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