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PEAT, INC. v. VANGUARD RESEARCH, INC.

No. 03-11565.

378 F.3d 1154 (2004)

PEAT, INC., an Alabama corporation, Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellee, v. VANGUARD RESEARCH, INCORPORATED, a Virginia corporation, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 21, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott B. Smith, Gary C. Huckaby, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, LLP, Huntsville, AL, for Vanguard Research.

Mark Englehart, Rhon E. Jones, Beasley, Wilson, Allen, Main & Crow, P.C., Montgomery, AL, for PEAT, Inc.

Before CARNES and WILSON, Circuit Judges, and JORDAN, District Judge.

JORDAN, District Judge:

Following a two-week trial, a jury found that Vanguard Research, Inc. breached its contract with PEAT, Inc. and appropriated PEAT's trade secrets in violation of the Alabama Trade Secrets Act, Ala.Code § 8-27-1 et seq. The jury awarded PEAT $325,981.01 in compensatory damages on the breach of contract claim, as well as $1,819,334,00 in compensatory damages and $8,890,000 in punitive damages on the trade secrets claim. The district...

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