BECTON DICKINSON AND CO. v. REESE

No. 18418.

668 P.2d 1254 (1983)

BECTON DICKINSON AND COMPANY, a corporation, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Max G. REESE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

August 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Bojanowski, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

LeGrand R. Curtis, Jr., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


HALL, Chief Justice:

Plaintiff Becton Dickinson and Company filed a complaint alleging wrongful conversion of documents and breach of contract against defendant Max G. Reese, a former employee of plaintiff's. Reese counterclaimed, alleging wrongful conversion of a discovery by him that was thereafter patented by another and subsequently assigned to plaintiff's predecessor, Auto Assay. Defendant also claimed that ownership of the patent should be in the defendant....

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