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VAN Dyke v. Wake Forest University Health Sciences, No. 22-1317 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 8, 2023)

Affirmed
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 22-1317
Decided
February 8, 2023
Judge
Per curiam (Rule 36)
Document
Rule 36 Judgment
Length
2 pages

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals

for the Federal Circuit

MARK E. VAN DYKE,

Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES,

KERANETICS, INC., VIRTUE LABS, LLC, LUKE

BURNETT, KIM WESTMORELAND, CHARLES W.

TODD JOHNSON,

Defendants-Appellees

2022-1317

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina in No. 1:21-cv-00627-CCE-JLW, Judge Catherine C. Eagles.

JUDGMENT

CHRISTOPHER S. EDWARDS, Ward and Smith, P.A., Wilmington, NC, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by JOSEPH A. SCHOUTEN, Raleigh, NC. JOSHUA F.P LONG, Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black PLC, Roanoke, VA, argued for defendant-appellee Wake Forest University Health Sciences. Also represented by

2NATHAN EVANS, Charlottesville, VA. JAMES SHELTON DERRICK, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Charlotte, NC, argued for defendants-appellees Keranetics, Inc., Luke Burnett, Kim Westmoreland, Charles W. Todd Johnson. Also represented by BARRY J. HERMAN, Baltimore, MD; CATHY A. HINGER, Washington, DC.

CULLEN STAFFORD, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh, NC, argued for defendant-appellee Virtue Labs, LLC. Also represented by CHARLES GEORGE, JENNIFER BLAKELY KIEFER.

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 8, 2023 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner

Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court

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VAN Dyke v. Wake Forest University Health Sciences, No. 22-1317 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 8, 2023).

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CAFC-22-1317-20230208
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