Legal Opinion
Stryker Corporation v. Christopher Ridgeway
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 24, 2017No. 16-1434/1654PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
This case arises out of the deterioration of a decade-plus employment relationship between Stryker Corporation and Christopher Ridgeway. Stryker, a medical-device manufacturing company, employed Ridge-way as a sales representative, where he sold customized plates and screws for use in craniomaxillofacial (CMF) surgery on Stryker’s behalf in his Louisiana-based sales territories. In 2013, however, the relationship between Stryker and Ridgeway became strained as Ridgeway sought other business opportunities with a regional competitor, Biomet. Stryker…
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