ESSEX GROUP, INC. v. SOUTHWIRE CO.

No. S98A0505.

501 S.E.2d 501 (1998)

269 Ga. 553

ESSEX GROUP, INC. et al. v. SOUTHWIRE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

June 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Lane Young, II, Stephen Melvin Lore, Lawrence J. Myers, W. Harrison Coleman, Jr., Hawkins & Parnell, LLP, Atlanta, Ralph T. Rader, Rader, Fishman & Grauer, P.L.C.C., Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Essex Group, Inc., et al.

James H. Bratton, Jr., Herbert M. Hanegan, Margo A. Bagley, Smith, Gambrell & Russell, Atlanta, J. Thomas Vance, Tisinger, Tisinger, Vance & Greer, Carrollton, for Southwire Company.


HUNSTEIN, Justice.

Southwire Company brought suit against its former employee, Richard McMichael, and his new employer, Essex Group, Inc., to enjoin McMichael from disclosing to Essex any Southwire trade secrets, particularly, trade secrets involving Southwire's logistics system. The matter was presented to a special master whose report and recommendations were adopted by the superior court. The court ruled that Southwire's logistics system as a whole constitutes...

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