Hales
Tri Tool, Inc. v. Hales
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TRI TOOL, INC., No. 22-cv-01515-DAD-KJN Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT
THAD HALES, et al., ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP.’S MOTION
TO DISMISS CERTAIN CLAIMS
Defendants. (Doc. No. 10) 16 This matter is before the court on the motion to dismiss certain claims filed by defendant Enerpac Tool Group Corp. (“Enerpac”) on October 10, 2022. (Doc. No. 10.) On November 7, 2022, the pending motion was taken under submission on the papers. (Doc. No. 15.) For the reasons explained below, defendant Enerpac’s motion to dismiss will be granted in part and denied in part, with leave to amend. BACKGROUND On August 29, 2022, plaintiff Tri Tool, Inc. (“Tri Tool”), a company that designs high performance machine tools, filed the complaint initiating this trade secrets action against two of its former employees (defendants Thad Hales and Mike Bracikowski) and…