THOLA v. HENSCHELL

No. 33953-6-II.

164 P.3d 524 (2007)

Mary Jo THOLA, D.C., and Sunset Chiropractic and Wellness Center, Inc., a Washington corporation, Respondents, v. Martin R. HENSCHELL, D.C. and Jane Doe Henschell and their marital community; Henschell Chiropractic, a Washington sole proprietorship and partnership, Appellants, Alta D. Mahan, D.C. and John Doe Mahan and their marital community, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

August 7, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay Roderik Stephens, Kent, WA, Kenneth Wendell Masters, Shelby R. Frost Lemmel, Wiggins & Masters PLLC, Bainbridge Island, WA, for Appellant(s).

Constance Susan M. Martin, Marten Law Group PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Respondent(s).


QUINN-BRINTNALL, J.

¶ 1 This case requires that we address whether a future employer can be vicariously liable for the unlawful conduct of a future employee and the extent to which the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA)1 preempts common law actions based on acts of trade secret misappropriation.

¶ 2 After working at Mary Jo Thola's Bonney Lake clinic for two and a half years, chiropractor Alta Mahan decided that she did...

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