Gibson Dunn Secures Trial Victory for Five Hospitals Against Leapfrog Group

In a recent bench-trial victory for five South Florida hospitals, a Gibson Dunn team defeated The Leapfrog Group, a charity that provides widely used A–F “Hospital Safety Grades.” The ruling upholds restrictions on private groups presenting ratings as indicators of healthcare safety and ends a widely used hospital rating system that the court determined to be punitive and misleading.