The most significant PT Solutions lawsuit is Ex parte PT Solutions Holdings, LLC, a 2016 Alabama Supreme Court decision that enforced a Georgia forum-selection clause in a former clinic director’s noncompete agreement and became a favorable precedent for employers using out-of-state forum clauses. The Atlanta-based physical therapy company has also been named in a short-lived Florida appeal, a Texas contract dispute, and at least two ADA website accessibility suits.
The White Noncompete Case and What It Held
Laurie B. White ran the PT Solutions clinic in Eufaula, Alabama, starting in 2006. In 2014, PT Solutions rolled out uniform “Letter Agreements” for its clinic directors. White signed one. It barred her from working for a competitor within 25 miles of any location where she had provided services, applied Georgia law, and required any dispute to be litigated in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia.1vLex. White v. PT Solutions Holdings, LLC
White resigned on June 26, 2015, and went to work at Eufaula Physical Therapy, a competing clinic less than half a mile away. PT Solutions alleged she recruited its staff and persuaded a major customer, Medical Center Barbour, to switch providers. The company sent a cease-and-desist letter on December 9, 2015. White beat PT Solutions to court, filing a declaratory judgment action in Barbour Circuit Court on December 21, 2015, and asking an Alabama judge to declare the noncompete unenforceable under Alabama public policy. PT Solutions filed its own suit in Fulton County, Georgia on January 28, 2016, alleging breach of the noncompete, violation of the Georgia Uniform Trade Secrets Act, and tortious interference.2FindLaw. Ex Parte PT Solutions Holdings, LLC
The procedural fight was about venue. PT Solutions moved to dismiss the Alabama case based on the forum-selection clause. The trial court refused. PT Solutions petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus, and on November 23, 2016, Justice Murdock delivered an opinion granting the petition and directing the Barbour Circuit Court to vacate its ruling and dismiss White’s complaint without prejudice, sending the dispute to Georgia.3CaseMine. White v. PT Solutions Holdings, LLC
Three principles from the opinion do most of the work in later citations:
- Forum-selection clauses are presumptively valid. A party challenging one carries a “difficult” burden, having to show the clause itself was procured by fraud, undue influence, or coercion, or that enforcing it would be so “gravely difficult and inconvenient” as to effectively deny the challenger a day in court.
- The challenge must target the clause, not the contract around it. White argued the whole noncompete violated Alabama public policy. The court said that was beside the point for venue: substantive attacks on the noncompete belonged in Georgia.1vLex. White v. PT Solutions Holdings, LLC
- Distance alone doesn’t defeat the clause. Having to travel from Alabama to Georgia did not meet the court’s inconvenience standard.3CaseMine. White v. PT Solutions Holdings, LLC
For employers writing noncompete agreements that route disputes to a preferred home jurisdiction, the ruling remains a favorable Alabama precedent.
Other Lawsuits Involving PT Solutions
Orthopaedic Associates v. PT Solutions (Florida, 2024–2025)
Orthopaedic Associates, P.A. and North Florida Surgeons, P.A. appealed against PT Solutions Holdings, LLC and Premier Rehab Management, LLC in the Florida First District Court of Appeal on December 3, 2024. The appeal originated from an Okaloosa County case; available records do not detail the underlying claims. The appellants filed a voluntary dismissal on January 2, 2025, and the court closed the case the next day.4UniCourt. Orthopaedic Associates, P.A. v. PT Solutions Holdings, LLC
Keet, Inc. v. PT Solutions (Texas, 2020)
Keet, Inc. filed a contract dispute against PT Solutions, LLC in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas on May 29, 2020. Judge Robert Pitman was assigned. Keet demanded a jury trial. PT Solutions answered on June 29, 2020. The contract at issue is not detailed in available records.5UniCourt. Keet, Inc. v. PT Solutions, LLC
ADA Website Accessibility Suits
At least two plaintiffs have sued PT Solutions over accessibility of its website, ptsolutions.com. Walter Mitchell filed in California on June 21, 2021.6Accessibility.com. Walter Mitchell vs PT Solutions Holdings LLC Korrin Begy filed an ADA civil rights suit in the Northern District of Illinois on December 2, 2025; that case was terminated on March 23, 2026.7PACER Monitor. Begy v. PT Solutions Holdings, LLC
Who PT Solutions Is
PT Solutions was founded in 2003 by CEO Dale Yake in Eufaula, Alabama, and later moved its headquarters to Atlanta. It operates more than 550 points of service across 25 states and has grown through a mix of hospital partnerships, acquisitions, and de novo clinics. In January 2022, General Atlantic acquired a majority stake from prior owner Lindsay Goldberg in a transaction valuing PT Solutions at roughly $1.2 billion, with TowerBrook Capital Partners and Ascension taking minority positions.8PT Solutions. Our Story9Axios. General Atlantic Buys PT Solutions at $1 Billion Valuation