UNITED GROUP OF NATL. PAPER DISTRIBUTORS, INC. v. VINSON

No. 27739-CA.

666 So.2d 1338 (1996)

The UNITED GROUP OF NATIONAL PAPER DISTRIBUTORS, INC., Bancroft Paper Company, Inc., and F. Speed Bancroft, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Carol Susan Gilley VINSON, Gale R. Hodge, Steven M. Goodman, Joel Kaplowitz, Frank D. Hamrick, Murray L. Florence, Jr., Lambert R. Dralle, David M. Muhlendorf, W.C. Parks, Jr., and Consolidated Distributors, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Brown, Kneipp & Hastings by Donald L. Kneipp, Monroe, for Defendants-Appellants, Vinson, Hodge, Kaplowitz, Hamrick, Dralle & CDI.

Liskow & Lewis, by Joe B. Norman, New Orleans, for Defendant-Appellant, Florence.

Frilot, Partridge, Kohnke & Clements L.C. by James H. Brown, Jr., New Orleans, for Defendant-Appellant, Parks.

Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh by Paul D. Spillers, Monroe, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before SEXTON, BROWN and WILLIAMS, JJ.


BROWN, Judge.

Following a lengthy trial, a jury found that defendants-appellants misappropriated trade secrets, breached duties owed and violated the Louisiana Unfair Trade Practices Act. The jury awarded $9,500,000 in damages to plaintiffs, The United Group of National Paper Distributors, Inc., and Bancroft Paper Company. Defendants-appellants filed motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, new trial and/or remittitur. This appeal follows the trial court...

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