Wolfe Electric, Inc. v. Duckworth

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nuss, J.:

This case concerns a dispute between a manufacturer of conveyor pizza ovens, Wolfe Electric, Inc. (Wolfe Electric), and *377its former employee, Terry Duckworth, together with the competing business Duckworth helped form, Global Cooking Systems, LLC (Global). Wolfe Electric brought suit against both for misappropriation of trade secrets under the Kansas Uniform Trade Secrets Act (KUTSA), K.S.A. 60-3320 et seq. Wolfe Electric also separately alleged Duckworth breached his fiduciary duty and his employment contract, while allegedly Global also…