Picker International, Inc. v. Daniel W. Parten, Individually and D/B/A Ppx Imaging John Parten, D/B/A Ppx Imaging

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Picker International, Inc., plaintiff in the case below, appeals the district court’s grant of directed verdicts in favor of John Parten, Daniel Parten, and PPX Imaging on claims of breach of a covenant not to compete, breach of a confidentiality agreement, and fraud.

I. BACKGROUND OF THE CASE

Picker International, Inc., (“Picker”), appellant in this case, is a New York corporation with its principal place of business in Ohio. Picker manufactures, sells, installs, and services radiological diagnostic equipment such as angiocons, i.e., machines which provide moving images…