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PERDUE FARMS INC. v. HOOK

No. 2D99-2310.

777 So.2d 1047 (2001)

PERDUE FARMS INCORPORATED, a foreign corporation, Appellant, v. Dennis P. HOOK, an individual, and H & N Foods, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 5, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen H. Grimes, Stacy D. Blank, and Joseph H. Varner of Holland & Knight LLP, Tampa, and, Broughton M. Earnest and Quincy M. Crawford of Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe LLP, Baltimore, MD, for Appellant.

Stuart C. Markman and Katherine Earle Yanes of Kynes, Markman & Felman, P.A., Tampa, and Mahlon H. Barlow, III, and Paul D. Watson of Bush, Ross, Gardner, Warren & Rudy, P.A., Tampa, for Appellees.

PATTERSON, Chief Judge.

Perdue Farms, Inc., appeals from a $48,646,602.75 final judgment in favor of Dennis Hook and H & N Foods, Inc. (Hook). Hook, the sole officer and shareholder of H & N Foods, Inc., was awarded damages under the Florida Uniform Trade Secrets Act (FUTSA), chapter 688, Florida Statutes (1993), for Perdue's wrongful use and disclosure of Hook's process for preparing chicken. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Hook developed a...

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