Parrish

Filed 8/27/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

WILLIAM PARRISH et al., B244841

Plaintiffs and Appellants, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC482394) v.

LATHAM & WATKINS et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County,

James R. Dunn, Judge. Reversed.

Eagan Avenatti, Michael J. Avenatti and Scott H. Sims; Panish, Shea & Boyle,

Brian J. Panish, Adam K. Shea and Kevin R. Boyle; Esner, Chang & Boyer and

Stuart B. Esner for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

McKool Smith Hennigan, J. Michael Hennigan and Michael Swartz for

Defendants and Respondents.

_______________________________________ In a prior litigation, FLIR Systems, Inc. and Indigo Systems Corporation

(collectively, FLIR) brought suit against their former employees, William Parrish and

E. Timothy Fitzgibbons (collectively, Former Employees) for, among other things,

misappropriation of trade secrets (the underlying action). Former Employees were

successful in defeating the underlying action. Moreover, they obtained a ruling that…