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MID-AMERICA MKTG. v. DAKOTA INDUSTRIES

No. 12085.

281 N.W.2d 419 (1979)

MID-AMERICA MARKETING CORPORATION, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DAKOTA INDUSTRIES, INC. and LaMaur, Inc., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Rehearing Granted August 16, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David V. Vrooman, Sioux Falls, David J. Vickers, of Boyce, Murphy, McDowell & Greenfield, Sioux Falls, for plaintiff and respondent.

Deming Smith, of Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, Sioux Falls, Charles A. Mays, of Leonard, Street & Deinard, Minneapolis, Minn., for defendants and appellants.

WOLLMAN, Chief Justice.

In an action by plaintiff-respondent Mid-America Marketing Corporation for damages for the unauthorized disclosure and use of a trade secret in breach of confidence and implied contract, the jury found for respondent in the amount of $270,000, of which $20,000 represented an award of punitive damages. This is an appeal by defendants-appellants Dakota Industries, Inc. (Dakota) and LaMaur, Inc. (LaMaur...

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