Revere Transducers, Inc. v. Deere & Co.

McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

Several questions are presented in this appeal and cross appeal concerning plaintiff Revere Transducers, Inc.’s action against defendant Deere & Company for tortious interference with contractual relations, misappropriation of trade secrets and civil conspiracy. The basis of Revere’s claims is that Deere allegedly induced two former Revere employees, Greg Eckart and Francis Delfino, to violate an employment agreement with Revere, start a company, and develop and manufacture a draft sensor device to sell to Deere, which would replace a similar device that Revere was…