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Teresa Bruno, Opinions Editor//September 23, 2015//
Civil Practice – Personal Jurisdiction – Venue – Labor & Employment – Covenant Not to Compete – Trade Secrets Misappropriation
Teresa Bruno, Opinions Editor//September 23, 2015//
Listen to this articleVessel Medical, Inc. v. Elliott (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-166-15, 14 pp.) (Mary Lewis, J.) 6:14-cv-00330; D.S.C.
Holding: Even though defendants are North Carolina residents, the South Carolina plaintiffs allege that defendant Elliott, as an agent or partner of defendant Mako Medical Laboratories, LLC, deliberately directed significant activities toward South Carolina, including gaining access to plaintiffs’ trade secrets and solicitation of plaintiffs’ employees and customers. Plaintiffs allege sufficient contacts to allow this court to exercise specific personal jurisdiction over Mako.
Mako’s motion to dismiss is denied.
Plaintiffs’ action concerns the alleged misappropriation of trade secrets and property of a South Carolina corporation and the alleged solicitation of a South Carolina corporation’s clients and employees. A substantial part of the events giving rise to plaintiffs’ claims occurred in South Carolina. Accordingly, South Carolina is a proper venue for this suit.
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