Legal Opinion
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. P.O. Market, Inc.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided February 14, 2002No. 00-1223PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
R OBERT L. BROWN, Justice.
This is a trade-secrets case. .The appellant is Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., doing business as Sam’s Club. The appellee is P.O. Market, Inc., a Texas corporation, as well as three individuals: Joseph O’Banion, Leonard Hoffman, and Michael McNew, all of whom are principals in P.O. Market. Following a ten-day jury trial, P.O. Market was awarded $31.7 million in compensatory damages for misappropriation of a trade secret. The trial court also awarded attorneys’ fees of $5 million. Wal-Mart now appeals the jury’s verdict and raises four points: (1) a trade secret was not…
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