PROGRESSIVE PRODUCTS, INC. v. SWARTZ

No. 99,550.

205 P.3d 766 (2009)

PROGRESSIVE PRODUCTS, INC., Appellant, v. Tom SWARTZ, Marvin Robarts, Calvin Bunney, and Vin Manufacturing, LLC, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

April 17, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kala Spigarelli and Lori Fleming, of The Spigarelli Law Firm, of Pittsburg, for appellant.

Troy A. Unruh, of Wilbert & Towner, PA, of Pittsburg, for appellees.

Before McANANY, P.J., PIERRON and STANDRIDGE, JJ.


STANDRIDGE, J.

Progressive Products, Inc. (PPI) manufactures and sells Ceram-Back, a ceramic coating for pipe elbows that significantly lengthens the life of the pipe. Tom Swartz, Marvin Robarts, and Calvin Bunney are former PPI employees who left PPI to start VIN Manufacturing, LLC (VIN), a competing company. PPI sued, alleging misappropriation of trade secrets and requesting relief in the form of a permanent injunction. After a bench trial, the district court determined...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases