Xum Speegle, Inc. v. Fields

This is an appeal by defendants Mark S. Fields and Growers Insurance Agency from a judgment in favor of plaintiff Xum Speegle, Inc., in an action for unfair competition and breach of fiduciary duty.

In this suit, defendant Fields was charged with wrongfully breaching his fiduciary duty as a director and officer of plaintiff corporation by establishing defendant Growers Insurance Agency, a corporation, and by entering into direct competition, in the general insurance business, with plaintiff; and further, that he had by means of confidential information obtained during his long association with…