UPGRADE CORP. v. MICHIGAN CARTON CO.

No. 80-708.

97 Ill. App.3d 1132 (1981)

423 N.E.2d 1277

UPGRADE CORPORATION et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MICHIGAN CARTON COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed June 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Cole, of Chicago (Jeffrey Neal Cole, Ltd., of counsel), for appellants.

Bruce B. Krost and Charles R. Rust, both of Woodling, Krost & Rust, of Cleveland, Ohio (William T. Rifkin and McDougall, Hersh & Scott, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE MEJDA delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Upgrade Corporation (Upgrade) and American Pulp Corporation (American), brought this action for the misappropriation of a trade secret against defendant, Michigan Carton Company, a manufacturer of paperboard used in the construction of cereal and other boxes.1 The jury was unable to reach a verdict, and the court granted defendant's post-trial...

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