SDT INDUSTRIES, INC. v. LEEPER

No. 34,655-CA.

793 So.2d 327 (2001)

SDT INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant, v. John LEEPER and Chilean Nitrate Corporation, Defendants-Appellants-Cross Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 16, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, L.L.P. by A. Justin Ourso, III, David M. Kerth, Claiborne P. Tanner, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Chilean Nitrate Corporation.

Cotton, Bolton, Hoychick & Doughty by John Hoychick, Jr., Rayville, Counsel for John Leeper.

Preis, Bergeron & Gordon by Phillip W. Preis, Baton Rouge, Charles M. Gordon, Jr., Samuel T. Singer, Winnsboro, Counsel for SDT Industries, Inc.

Before STEWART, GASKINS and KOSTELKA, JJ.


GASKINS, J.

In this case involving manufacturers in the fertilizer industry, the two defendants—a former employee of the plaintiff manufacturer and the competitor for whom he subsequently went to work-contend that the jury erred in finding that they engaged in unfair trade practices and misappropriated trade secrets. They contest the damage award in excess of $1 million to the plaintiff and also assert that the trial judge erred in instructing the jury and...

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