In recent news coverage on eWn, Dr. Carlon Colker seems to have been implicated in Janel Grant’s lawsuit lodged against Vince McMahon. Grant had been seeking to obtain certain documents from Colker and his business, Peak Wellness Clinic.
The latest reports from Post Wrestling suggest that Colker and Peak Wellness have appealed to the Connecticut Superior Court to reject Grant’s demands for these documents.
As per claims by the legal team representing Colker, all needed medical and billing records had already been electronically transmitted to attorneys representing Grant. Copies of email threads sent to Grant’s legal counsel have also been presented in court.
Colker’s legal team is standing on the argument that Grant is not abiding by the norms of the state law by not using the petition to commence a lawsuit in the state court. They believe that Grant is making an illegal move by planning to sue Colker and his clinic in a federal court.
Ann Callis, one of Grant’s lawyers, upheld her client’s stance by expressing, “Dr. Colker’s submission today virtually affirms by his own account that they have deliberately failed to deliver the required records due to apprehensions of facing more legal implications. Ms. Grant is entitled to her right to information and hence, we courteously request the court to persuade Dr. Colker and Peak Wellness to furnish her with her rightfully due transparency.”
The counter-argument by Colker’s attorneys was that, “This does not infringe Judge Meyer’s stay. This is a determined attempt at bypassing Connecticut’s mandate that bills of discovery… ought to be proposed with the intention of litigation in the Connecticut Superior Court. All Grant needs to do to dodge dismissal on this basis would be to frankly and categorically confirm that she intends to utilize whatever data she procures in this proceeding in a lawsuit that she intends to file in the Connecticut Superior Court. But this is something that she cannot truthfully commit to. A mere glance at the eight classifications of information she is striving to uncover here, considering her allegations pertaining to her federal action… clearly indicates that this action is inextricably tied with her federal action.”