PROBLEM: Plaintiff developed food recipes for a variety of specialty foods for sale in a national supermarket chain. Plaintiff contracted with a co-packer to manufacture, box and ship the products for Plaintiff. Defendant purchased co-packer. As such Defendant took over co-packer’s obligation to co-pack Plaintiff’s products. Subsequently the supermarket chain stopped purchasing products. Plaintiff proved that Defendant misappropriated Plaintiff’s trade secret formulas, interfered with Plaintiff’s prospective economic advantage and committed fraud. Plaintiff also proved that Defendants’ misappropriation of Plaintiff’s trade secret was willful and malicious. Plaintiff won a sizable judgment including punitive damages. Defendant appealed. Plaintiff was strapped for cash, had no additional bank line and feared it would not survive over the course of the appeal.
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