Wooters v. Unitech International, Inc.

OPINION ON REHEARING

Jane Bland, Justice

In this appeal from a judgment for conspiracy to breach a fiduciary duty, we determine whether sufficient evidence supports a finding that a- non-employee conspired to aid an employee’s breach of fiduciary duty to his employer. Unitech International, Inc. sued two former employees when it discovered that those employees had stolen Unitech’s trade secrets in preparation for launching a competing company. Unitech fired the employees, Chris Kutach and Jason Pennington. During its investigation, Unitech learned that Kutach had asked Tim Wooters, who was not…