ReadyLink, Inc. v. Integrated Healthcare H. CA2/11
Defendants are Integrated Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (Integrated) and the four hospitals it operates in Orange County. Integrated is the hospitals’ alter ego. Plaintiff ReadyLink, Inc., a Nevada corporation, is a staffing agency that contracted with the four hospitals to provide temporary nurses. ReadyLink, Inc. sued defendants for breach of contract and fraud, arising from defendants’ admitted failure to pay it for services provided. Two years into this lawsuit, ReadyLink, Inc. discovered it was not a party to the relevant contracts. Instead, the contracts identified a variety of similarly named ReadyLink entities as parties. After a bench trial, the trial court found the parties had intended to name ReadyLink, Inc. as the contracting party but had not done so due to mutual mistake. It granted ReadyLink, Inc.’s request to reform the contracts to insert itself as the contracting party.
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