Linden v. Griffin

Opinion of the Court by

Justice CUNNINGHAM.

In 2006, Dr. R. Dean Linden and William Tid Griffin developed an industrial gravity and vacuum pressure filtration system. This technology, at its most basic level, separates liquid and solid components from sewage waste. In 2007, Linden and Griffin formed Gryphon Environmental, LLC (“Gryphon” or the “Company”) to market and sell the filtration system. Linden maintains that this technology has a future estimated value of approximately two billion dollars. At its inception, Linden and Griffin agreed to be co-founders and equal owners of Gryphon. Linden…