SIRQ, Inc. v. Layton Companies, Inc.

Associate Chief Justice Lee,

opinion of the Court:

"1 This is a business tort suit between a large construction company and a break-off company founded by a former president of the larger entity. The claimants in the suit are Alan Peterson and SIRQ, Inc. Peterson is a former president of The Layton Companies, Inc. and Layton Construction Co. (Lay-ton). He had a falling out with Layton management in 2002 and later founded SIRQ, a competing construction company.

12 Layton's relationship with SIRQ and Peterson quickly soured. Layton eventually asked applicants for management positions to sign an…