MILLIKEN & CO. v. MORIN

No. 27154.

399 S.C. 23 (2012)

731 S.E.2d 288

MILLIKEN & COMPANY, Respondent, v. Brian MORIN, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided August 1, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Nichols and Blake Hewitt , Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson, & Delgado, both of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Charles E. Carpenter, Jr. , Carpenter Appeals & Trial Support, LLC, of Columbia, Henry L. Parr, Jr. , David H. Koysza , and Martin M. Tomlinson , Wyche Burgess Freeman, & Parham, and John C. Glancy , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak, & Stewart, all of Greenville, for Respondent.


Justice HEARN.

Milliken & Company sued Brian Morin after he resigned from the company and started a new venture using Milliken's proprietary information. The crux of its suit was that Morin breached the confidentiality and invention assignment agreements he signed when he started working for Milliken. A jury found for Milliken, and the court of appeals affirmed. Milliken & Co. v. Morin, 386 S...

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