ENCORE BUYOUT SPAWNS SHAREHOLDER LAWSUIT

An Encore Medical Corp. shareholder is suing over its proposed $870 million sale to a private New York investment fund. Plaintiff Louis Dudas filed a shareholder class action lawsuit July 7 in Travis County District Court against Encore, its CEO Kenneth Davidson, and Encore directors Alastair Clemow, Karen Osar, Joel Kanter, Richard Martin, Zubeen Shroff, and Bruce Wesson. Austin Business News (http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2006/07/10/daily18.html)