Sportsfield Specialties, Inc. v. Twin City Fire Insurance

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Becker, J.), entered November 7, 2012 in Delaware County, which, among other things, granted defendants’ cross motions for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

In fall 2009, plaintiff, a sports equipment company located in the Town of Delhi, Delaware County, hired a competitor’s employee. The employee in question was subject to a noncompete agreement and an electronic rights agreement, which imposed various restrictions upon, among other things, his use/ dissemination of the competitor’s proprietary information. In November 2009, the competitor,…