Cellco Partnership v. Kimbler

MORRIS, Judge.

Célico Partnership, d/b/a Verizon Wireless and Alltel Corporation, appeals a nonfinal order denying its motion for temporary injunction. Célico sought the injunction against Michael Jason Kimbler, a former Alltel employee who, shortly after Célico d/b/a Verizon acquired Alltel through a merger transaction, left to work for Sprint/Nextel.1 Célico alleged that Kimbler sent a list of sixty current Alltel customers to his new supervisor at *916Sprint. Célico claimed that the list qualified as a trade secret and that Kimbler violated a confidentiality agreement, thereby necessitating the…