Cambridge Engineering, Inc. v. Mercury Partners 90 BI, Inc.

This is a suit for attorney fees and punitive damages incurred in seeking legal enforcement of a contractual covenant not to compete. In a prior action filed in Missouri in 2001, plaintiff-appellant, Cambridge Engineering, Inc. (Cambridge), prevailed in a suit to enjoin former employee Gregory Deger from engaging in certain sales-related activities for his new employer, Mercury Partners 90 BI, Inc., d/b/a Brucker Company (Brucker). Thereupon, Cambridge filed the instant lawsuit against the employer Brucker, seeking compensatory and punitive damages against Brucker for tortious interference…