Legal Opinion
Electronic Associates, Inc. v. Automatic Equipment Development Corp.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 21, 1981PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBogdaeski, C. J.
The plaintiff alleges that the defendants breached a fiduciary duty not to solicit the plaintiff’s employees to leave its employ and work for the defendant Automatic Equipment Development Corporation (AED).1 The trial .court found that the plaintiff failed to sustain its burden of proof. We agree.
In April, 1973, the defendant Alfred Merritt was the president of United States Electronics Corporation (USE), a wholly owned subsidiary of the plaintiff, Electronic Associates, Inc., a company with annual gross sales of forty million dollars. He learned from the defendant James Johnston, then the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Mitchell v. CraftMississippi Supreme Court · 1968
- Bancroft-Whitney Co. v. GlenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1966
- Sime v. MaloufCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1949
- Skene v. CarayanisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
- Harry A. Finman & Son, Inc. v. Connecticut Truck & Trailer Service Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Censor v. ASC Technologies of Connecticut, LLCDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2012
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