Legal Opinion
Foster-Miller, Inc. v. Babcock & Wilcox Canada
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 31, 2000No. 99-1227, 99-1228PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
At the conclusion of a nine-day trial, a jury determined that defendant Babcock & Wilcox Canada (BWC) had breached a confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement that it had reached with a competitor, plaintiff Foster-Miller, Inc. (FMI). The breach sued upon was BWC’s alleged use of confidential FMI technology in the development of a small diameter, high pressure, flexible hose. The jury set FMI’s damages at $5,084,587. BWC appeals from an interlocutory order denying one of its discovery motions, the judgment entered pursuant to the jury’s verdict, and the judgment…
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