Taller & Cooper, Inc. v. Neptune Meter Co.

Plaintiff, a leading manufacturer of toll collection systems and equipment, has brought this action for damages and injunctive relief against (a) the corporate defendants (and their officer-director Broggi), who have recently become active competitors of plaintiff, and (b) a group of plaintiff’s former employees who have entered the employ of one of the corporate defendants, Electronic Signal Company, Inc., and are hereinafter referred to as the “ employee defendants ”.

The amended complaint sets forth six causes of action. The first cause of action, directed against all the defendants, in…