Legal Opinion
Chandramouli Vaidyanathan v. Seagate US LLC
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 28, 2012No. 11-1799, 11-1888PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Chandramouli Vaidyanathan brought suit against Seagate US LLC and Seagate Technology LLC (collectively, Seagate), alleging a violation of Minnesota Statutes section 181.64, false statements as inducement to entering employment, and a common law claim of promissory estoppel. The jury returned a verdict for Vaidyanathan on his statutory claim, awarding him $1.9 million in damages. The district court entered judgment on the statutory claim, awarded Vaidyanathan attorneys’ fees, and dismissed with prejudice the common law claim. Seagate appeals, arguing, among other things,…
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