Sun Dial Corporation v. Fink

This appeal is from an order of the chancellor passed, after a pre-trial conference in an equity proceeding to enjoin the use of trade secrets by a former employee and for an accounting, upon the court’s own motion and over the objection of the complainants, directing that the trial “be separated into two parts to determine the following issues: 1. Do the Plaintiffs have a trade secret or trade secrets entitled to legal protection against the Defendants ? 2. If so, are the Defendants illegally using the trade secret or trade secrets of the Plaintiffs?” The order also denied a motion for…