Gladstone
HUNTAIR, INC. v. Gladstone
Opinion
Opinion
Henderson, J.
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT MOSER’S MOTION TO DISMISS
This matter came before the Court on February 7, 2011, on Defendant Steve Moser’s motion to dismiss. After carefully reviewing the parties’ written and oral arguments, the Court now GRANTS the motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ withdrawn conversion claim and DENIES the motion in all other respects for the reasons set forth below.
BACKGROUND
Plaintiff CLPK, LLC is a Delaware limited liability company that was formerly known as Cleanpak International, Inc., and that “transferred almost all of its assets to [Plaintiff] Huntair” in late 2009. Compl. ¶ 5. Huntair is incorporated in Delaware, and both Plaintiffs are headquartered in Oregon.
Defendant Steve Moser worked first for Cleanpak and then Huntair as a regional sales manager for the Servicor brand. His employment began in July 2006 and ended with his termination in July 2010, based on the misconduct alleged in the complaint and discussed below.
The complaint alleges that Moser was involved with Defendants Seth Gladstone, Lorna Gladstone, David Langer, and L4 Strategies, Inc. in a scheme to divert business from Plaintiffs to Reliant, a fictitious…