Gillis Associated Industries, Inc. v. Cari-All, Inc.

PRESIDING JUSTICE BUCKLEY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Gillis Associated Industries, Inc. (plaintiff), is the. former exclusive distributor for Cari-All, Inc. (defendant), a manufacturer of wire shelving for the food, health, and industrial markets in the United States and Canada. This action for preliminary injunctive relief, as part of a larger, multicount suit, arose after plaintiff’s national sales manager, Mark Oleska, left plaintiff’s employ and began working as defendant’s regional sales manager. Plaintiff alleges that upon leaving, Oleksa misappropriated plaintiff’s confidential…