Score a win for Quality Systems Inc. in its fight with a disgruntled shareholder.
Tustin-based Quality said Monday that a judge denied an appeal by shareholder and board member Ahmed Hussein, who contested the company’s board of directors election in October.
Quality makes software that doctors and dentists use to manage their practices. Its business is booming amid a transition from paper to electronic medical records.
The company was the focus of a spirited proxy fight in the fall when dissident board members, including Hussein, claimed management was earning too much money.
Hussein also charged that insiders dominated the company’s board.
In the election, shareholders elected two members of a dissident slate along six of the company’s nominees to seats on its board of directors.
Dissidents Hussein and Ibrahim Fawzi won seats on the board. Company candidates winning seats were Chairman Sheldon Razin, Chief Executive Louis Silverman, Patrick Cline, Maurice DeWald, Vincent Love and Steven Plochocki.
Two management board candidates lost: William Botts and Jonathan Javitt. Dissident candidate Ian Gordon also lost.
