EVANS v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 17420.

893 A.2d 371 (2006)

277 Conn. 496

John W. EVANS et al. v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided March 28, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank P. Porcelli, Boston, MA, with whom were Robert J. Silverman, Steven D. Ecker, Hartford, and, on the brief, Susan Dixon, for the appellants (plaintiffs).

Jonathan F. Putnam, New York, NY, pro hac vice, with whom were Jeffrey R. Babbin, New Haven, Lee Ann Stevenson, pro hac vice, and, on the brief, John T. Hickey, Jr., pro hac vice, Jonathan M. Freiman, and Zachary S. Brez, pro hac vice, for the appellee (defendant).

William F. Gallagher, Syracuse, NY, filed a brief for the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association as amicus curiae.

SULLIVAN, C.J., and BORDEN, NORCOTT, PALMER and ZARELLA, Js.


Opinion

ZARELLA, J.

In this action seeking damages for the alleged misappropriation of a trade secret, the plaintiffs, John W. Evans and Evans Cooling Systems, Inc. (ECS),1 appeal from the judgment of the trial court rendered in favor of the defendant, General Motors Corporation (General Motors). The plaintiffs claim that the trial court improperly: (1) deprived them of the right...

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