Stryker Loses Bid To Throw Out Ex-Sales Rep’s Counter-Claims

Stryker (NYSE:SYK) this month lost a bid for summary judgment in a lawsuit against a former sales rep who jumped ship for Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH).

Stryker in 2013 sued a pair of former sales agents, Christopher Ridgeway and Richard Steitzer, accusing them of scheming to poach reps and business from Stryker in Louisiana and New York. Stryker fired Ridgeway in September 2013, after discovering that he was allegedly running a pair of medical supply businesses on the side.

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