Commitments and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

We are a party to legal proceedings arising out of the ordinary course of our business.  On March 11, 2013, MWI entered into a Settlement Agreement with VIYO International NV (“VIYO”) pursuant to which VIYO agreed to dismiss its lawsuit pending against MWI before the Commercial Court in Antwerp, Belgium. As part of the settlement, MWI agreed to make payments to VIYO of $975 and to continue as a non-exclusive distributor of the VIYO product in the United States. The Settlement Agreement provides for no admission of wrongdoing by either party and a full mutual release of all claims relating to the matter. The $975 was expensed during the quarter ended December 31, 2012.

On March 20, 2013, MWI entered into a Settlement Agreement with Harold and Darroll Wotton (the “Defendants”) pursuant to which the parties agreed to settle their outstanding lawsuit that was pending in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho. Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the Defendants agreed to make payments to MWI in the aggregate of $350 plus interest and agreed to a permanent injunction prohibiting the Defendants from selling veterinary orthopedic equipment in the United States, Canada, Germany and Dubai and products that are used to perform a lateral suture procedure such as that which can be performed using the Lateral Suture System sold by MWI's Securos division in France, Italy, Spain and Belgium through February 23, 2014. The Settlement Agreement provides for no admission of wrongdoing by either party and a full mutual release of all claims relating to the matter.