Infinity Products, Inc. v. Quandt

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER FROM THE INDIANA COURT OF APPEALS, NO. 29A02-0105-CV-280.

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Four days after TE. Scott, Inc. fired Herbert Quandt, he began working for Fabri-Tech doing the same sort of work. Infinity Products, T.E. Seott's successor, eventually sued Quandt and Fabri-Tech alleging that Quandt used stolen trade secrets to lure Infinity customers to Fabri-Tech. The trial court held that Quandt was liable for misappropriating and converting Infinity's trade secrets and that Fabri-Tech was not.

We first address whether Fabri-Tech was directly liable under Indiana's Trade…