Smith v. Mid-State Nurses, Inc.

Bell, Justice.

This is an appeal from the grant of an interlocutory injunction pursuant to the Georgia Trade Secrets Act of 1990, OCGA §§ 10-1-760 through 767 (hereafter the GTSA). The plaintiff-appellee, Mid-State Nurses, Inc., is a nurse-placement agency (hereafter agency) that contracts with nurses and with hospitals and nursing homes (hereafter health facilities) to place nurses with the health facilities on a temporary basis. The three defendants-appellants are Ginger Smith, Cheryl Long, and Peachstate Nursing Agency, Ltd. (hereafter Peachstate).

Smith worked for appellee for approximately…