ED NOWOGROSKI INS., INC., v. RUCKER

No. 66224-0

971 P.2d 936 (1999)

137 Wash.2d 427

ED NOWOGROSKI INSURANCE, INC., a Washington corporation, Respondent, v. Michael RUCKER and Monica Rucker, and their marital community, Defendants, Darwin Rieck and Mary Rieck, and their marital community; Jerry Kiser and Jana Kiser, and their marital community; and Potter Leonard and Cahan, Inc., a Washington corporation, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided February 25, 1999.

Reconsideration Denied April 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oseran, Hahn, Van Valin & Watts, Charles E. Watts, Bellevue, for petitioners.

Winterbauer & Associates, Steven Mill Winterbauer, Seattle, for respondent.


GUY, C.J.

FACTS

This case is a trade secrets misappropriation action brought under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, RCW 19.108, by an employer against former employees. The employer, Ed Nowogroski Insurance, Inc. (Nowogroski Inc.), owned by the Rupp family, sued its former employees, Michael Rucker, Darwin Rieck and Jerry Kiser, for soliciting its clients using confidential information. The employees had worked for Nowogroski Inc. as insurance salesmen and...

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