Sonoco Products Co. v. Johnson

Opinion by

Judge NEY.

Defendants, James R. Johnson, Jr., and The Newark Group, Inc., appeal the trial court's judgment awarding damages in favor of plaintiff, Sonoco Products Company, on a misappropriation of trade secrets claim. We affirm.

Sonoco and Newark are direct competitors in the industry of manufacturing paper spiral tubes and cores, which are essentially paper tubes used for carrying other products such as paper towels, tape, newsprint, ete. Johnson had worked for Sonoco for thirty years when, in 1997, he resigned and began working for Newark. Sonoco subsequently sued defendants,…