DRESSER-RAND CO. v. VIRTUAL AUTOMATION INC.

Nos. 02-20834, 03-20417.

361 F.3d 831 (2004)

DRESSER-RAND COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. VIRTUAL AUTOMATION INC., etc., et al., Defendants, Apix, Inc., a Florida Corporation; Dennis C. Mezzatesta, Individual; Chris Tsipouras, Individual, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees. Dresser-Rand Company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Virtual Automation Inc., a Texas Corporation, et al., Defendants, Dennis C. Mezzatesta, Individual, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 23, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurie Webb Daniel (argued), Harold T. Daniel, Jr., Sara L. Doyle, Holland & Knight, Atlanta, GA, for Dresser-Rand Co.

Kenneth David Hughes (argued), Glickman & Hughes, Houston, TX, for Apix Inc. and Tsipouras.

Johnie Joe Patterson, II, Walker & Patterson, Houston, TX, for Mezzatesta.

Before DeMOSS, DENNIS and PRADO, Circuit Judges.


DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

Dennis Mezzatesta, Apix, Inc., Chris Tsipouras and others were found by a jury to have acted fraudulently, breached contracts, and misappropriated confidential information relating to industrial control systems developed by Dresser-Rand. All of the parties filed various post-trial motions, each of which were denied by the district court. Apix appeals the denial of its motion for judgment as a matter of law or for a new trial on Dresser-Rand...

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