ESSEX GROUP, INC. et al. v. SOUTHWIRE COMPANY., 269 Ga. 553

Summary

Employer and former employer were competitors in the cable and wire industry. The former employer developed a logistics system that was developed over a 3-year period by a project team headed by the employee. The former employer brought suit against the employee and the employer to enjoin the employee from disclosing any trade secrets of the former employer that involved its logistics system. On the recommendation of a special master, the trial court found that the former employer's logistics system constituted a trade secret and issued an injunction that prohibited the employee from working in the employer's logistics department for 5 years, or sooner if the employer independently developed its own logistics system. The court found no error in the trial court's ruling because there was no legal error in the analysis of the issue, and the court's review of the record supported the factual findings adopted by the trial court. The court held that the trial court did not abuse its ...