---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001185185-25-001249"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PFHO"
cik: "0001138476"
company_name: "PACIFIC HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION INC"
filed_at: "2025-09-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T05:51:41.350639+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pacific Health Care subsidiaries sue ex-COO David Kim and ex-director Darshan Patel

## Summary
- Medex Healthcare sued former COO David Kim for breach of contract, fiduciary duty, trade secret misappropriation, and computer fraud.
- Medex Medical Management sued former director Darshan Patel for breach of oral contract, fiduciary duty, and unfair competition.
- Each lawsuit seeks actual and compensatory damages of at least $1 million, plus punitive damages and injunctive relief.
- Complaints filed September 16, 2025 in Orange County Superior Court.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001185185-25-001249
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PFHO
- cik: 0001138476
- company_name: PACIFIC HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION INC
- filed_at: 2025-09-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1138476/000118518525001249/0001185185-25-001249-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1138476/000118518525001249/pfho8k092225.htm

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