Complex sentence: An acrimonious split with her students resulted in an infamous court case in 1889, where Jex-Blake was successfully sued for damages and the Cadell sisters pursued their studies with the more genial, though far younger, Elsie Inglis who had set up a rival school.
Split into simpler sentences: An acrimonious split emerged with her students culminating in an infamous court case in 1889, where Jex-Blake was successfully sued for damages. Thereafter the Cadell sisters pursued their studies with the more genial, though far younger, Elsie Inglis who had set up a rival school.