St. Jude Medical S.C., Inc. v. Thomas Tormey, Jr.

BYE, Circuit Judge.

St. Jude Medical Center, Inc. (“St. Jude”), sued Thomas M. Tormey, Jr., its former employee, to recover $650,000 plus statutory interest owed on a promissory note. Tormey disputed his liability on the note and filed counterclaims arguing St. Jude breached Tormey’s employment contract. Tormey also added his company, Tormedco, Inc., as a plaintiff to the counterclaims and asserted an additional claim on behalf of Tormedco against St. Jude. The district court 1 granted judgment as a matter of law to St. Jude on its collection claim, on the counterclaims, and on Tor-medco’s…