Smith v. Tronitec, Inc.

Fletcher, Chief Justice.

Appellants Rodney Smith, John Slocum, Jarrett Black, and Tony Shealy are former employees of Tronitec, Incorporated who have formed a competing business, appellant Freedom Electronics, Incorporated. Tronitec and its former employees are ensnared in three separate lawsuits in two courts. The Superior Court of Cobb County denied appellants’ motion in abatement as to the third-filed suit and issued an order staying the two other cases, pending the resolution of this case. Appellants appeal. Because the last-filed suit asserted claims identical to ones that were compulsory…