Plaintiff contractor appealed a judgment of the Orange County Superior Court.

 Procedural Posture 


Offended party worker for hire bid a judgment of the Orange County Superior Court (California) for respondent subcontractor, entered after a jury dismissed the worker for hire's case that the subcontractor deliberately meddled with the worker for hire's imminent monetary benefit. 

Plaintiff contractor appealed


Outline 


The worker for hire contended that the preliminary court blundered by: (1) educating the jury that it had the weight of showing the subcontractor's illegitimate lead twice, first to build up a by all appearances case and again to overcome the subcontractor's certifiable guard of the advantage of rivalry; (2) characterizing "improper" for reasons for overcoming the advantage as direct comprising a freely significant misdeed, the misappropriation of proprietary innovations; and (3) granting the subcontractor $ 160,200 in lawyer expenses under Cal. Civ. Code § 3426.4 for the dishonesty arraignment of a case for misappropriation of proprietary advantages. The moment court reasoned that there was no biased informative mistake. At the point when the infringement of "industry guidelines" was wiped out as a premise of responsibility, the just affirmed "unjust" obstruction of the subcontractor was its misappropriation of the project worker's proprietary advantages. As needs be, case legal advisor the preliminary court didn't fail by teaching the jury that the project worker had the weight of demonstrating the subcontractor submitted the different misdeed of misappropriation. As the common party on advance, the subcontractor was qualified for lawyer expenses under § 3426.4. 


Result 


The judgment and request were insisted. The matter was remanded to the preliminary court for its assurance of an honor to the subcontractor for lawyer charges on claim. The subcontractor was additionally granted expenses on claim.

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