Hagen v. Burmeister & Associates, Inc.

OPINION

LANCASTER, Justice.

A trial court held that insurance agent Paul Hagen was hable to his former employer, respondent Burmeister & Associates, Inc., for breach of contract and for misappropriation of trade secrets in violation of the Minnesota Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA). The trial court also held that Hagen’s current employer, appellant American Agency, Inc., was not vicariously liable to Burmeister for Hagen’s UTSA violation because an employer cannot, as a matter of law, be vicariously liable for an employee’s UTSA violation. Burmeister appealed that holding and the court of…