King

Glenn N. King brought suit against Pacific Vitamin Corporation, Lampert-White Co., a corporation, and Garth J. McQuade accusing them of unfair business practices and seeking an injunction and damages. King, Pacific, and Lampert-White, a subsidiary of Pacific, are wholesalers of merchandise supplied to retail drugstores in Los Angeles County. McQuade, a salesman, worked for King for two and a half years, when he quit his employment and went to work for Pacific. The gravamen of the cause of action is the alleged use by McQuade and Pacific of trade secrets of King’s business and confidential information acquired by McQuade as King's employee, by means of which Pacific succeeded in acquiring the business of many of King’s customers. It was alleged that the conduct of the defendants had caused and, unless restrained, would continue to cause plaintiff great financial loss. It was also alleged that McQuade and other employees who left plaintiff’s service and went to work for Pacific acted with a purpose to appropriate King’s business for Pacific, and McQuade and Pacific were accused of having acted with malice. The prayer of the complaint was for an injunction and for damages, both…