Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number 1:03CV1227, 1:04CV1116. Motions Motion to amend : Granted Motion to dismiss : Denied Motion to dismiss : Granted Motion to dismiss : Denied Motion to dismiss : Granted Motion to dismiss : Granted Motion for leave : Granted Judges Norwood Carlton Tilley See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC., HILL-ROM COMPANY, INC., HILLENBRAND INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiffs, v. VERSES TECHNOLOGY, INC., A4 HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC., HEALTHCARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC., SURGICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, LLC., Defendants. and VERSES TECHNOLOGY, INC., Plaintiff, ORDER CARLTON TILLEY JR., District Judge For the reasons set forth in the contemporaneously filed Memorandum Opinion the 1116 Case is consolidated with the 1227 Case up to the point of trial. At that time the issue will be revisited. Additionally: (1) Verses' Motion for Leave to Amend Complaint to Join a Necessary Party [1116 Case, Doc. #203] is GRANTED. Thus, Hill-Rom's Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Join an Indispensable Party [1116 Case, Doc. #26] is now MOOT; (2) Hill-Rom's Motion to Dismiss and/or Strike Verses' Sixth Affirmative Defense and Counterclaim Counts II and V [1227 Case, Doc. #30] is GRANTED; (3) Hill-Rom's unopposed Motion to Amend Complaint to Add Defendant Patient Care Technology Systems, LLC [1227 Case, Doc. #73] is GRANTED; (4) Visonic's Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction [1116 Case, Doc. #138] is GRANTED and Visonic Technologies, Ltd. is DISMISSED as a party to this case; (5) Third Party Defendants' unopposed Motion to Dismiss Party [1116 Case, Doc. #166] is GRANTED and the claims against Visonic Ltd. and Visonetix Ltd. are DISMISSED; and (6) Hill-Rom's Motion to Dismiss Counts II through VI of Verses' Complaint [1116 Case, Doc. #140] is DENIED at this time.