Pelican Bay Forest Prods., Inc. v. W. Timber Prods., Inc.

*653*419As Doug Kelley neared the end of his 14-year career as a lumber sales trader for Pelican Bay Forest Products, Inc. (Pelican Bay or plaintiff)-the plaintiff in this case-he gave his son-in-law, Andrew Hotmer, a portion of his Pelican Bay customer list, along with other information about those customers and their business with Pelican Bay. Hotmer, with Kelley's assistance, parlayed that information into a timber sales job with one of Pelican Bay's competitors, Western Timber Products, Inc. (Western Timber). In that job, he used Kelley's customer information to make sales on behalf of…