Stainless Valve Co. v. Safefresh Technologies, LLC

HUNTER, Robert C., Judge.

Plaintiff Stainless Valve Company (“plaintiff’ or “Stainless Valve”) appeals the order granting defendant Safefresh Technologies, LLC’s (“defendant’s” or “Safefresh’s”) motion for summary judgment. After careful review, we reverse the trial court’s order and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

Background

At some point in the early 2000’s, Anthony Garwood (“Mr. Garwood”), the president of Safefresh, began communicating with Dirk Lindenbeck, the president of Stainless Valve, regarding a specific type of valve for a food processing application being…