Wolfe v. TUTHILL CORP., FULL-RITE DIVISION

ON CIVIL PETITION TO TRANSFER

GIVAN, Justice.

This appeal involves an alleged misappropriation of trade secrets by Norman L. Wolfe (Wolfe), a former employee of the Tuthill Corporation (Tuthill), a manufacturer of electric pumps.

Wolfe was employed as a purchasing agent from 1972 until his termination in 1979. During that time Wolfe was a member of the management staff and had knowledge of confidential information and trade secrets of Tuthill.

Wolfe began his own business, the Angola Pump Company, in competition with Tut-hill. On January 25, 1980, the Steuben Cireuit Court entered a preliminary…