Jarrells

Filed 3/8/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

APPLIED MEDICAL DISTRIBUTION

CORPORATION,

G062056

Plaintiff and Appellant, (Super. Ct. No. 30-2019-01049441) v.

OPINION

STEPHEN JARRELLS,

Defendant and Appellant.

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, Robert J. Moss and Michael J. Strickroth, Judges. Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded. Jones Day, Nathaniel P. Garrett, Koree B. Wooley, David A. Phillips and Steven M. Zadravecz for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Forward Counsel, Michael E. Caspino and Michael W. Weiler for Defendant and Appellant. Applied Medical Distribution Corporation (Applied) sued its former employee, Stephen Jarrells, for misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of a contract governing Applied’s proprietary information, and breach of fiduciary duty. Applied also sued Jarrells’s new employer, Bruin Biometrics, LLC (Bruin), for misappropriation and intentional interference with contract. A jury found both Jarrells and Bruin misappropriated Applied’s trade secrets, but also found Applied had not been damaged and neither defendant had been…