Sunday, September 25, 2011

Jury awards $11M to former McKesson rep - Sacramento Business Journal:

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The division of medicalp giant took Phoenix medical equipment and pharma salesman Carmen Caccavale to courtin 2004, claiming he had violatex some trade practices. After workingh for seven yearsat McKesson, Caccavale had taken a job with Henru Schein Inc., a medical supply U.S. District Court Judgre Susan Boltondismissed McKesson’s suit in Caccavale had not signee a noncompete contract, said Mark Fuller, an attorneyt with the Phoenix law firm Gallaghet & Kennedy PA, which represents Caccavale and Schein. “It was sort of a trads secret case,” Fuller said of McKesson’zs unsuccessful claim.
Fuller said his clients then countersued McKesson, sayinv the San Francisco-based medical and healthy care supplies firm abused the legal process in going after itsformer salesman. McKesson spokesman James Larkijn said the company plans to appeal the which was handed down May 20 bya U.S. Districrt Court jury in Phoenix. “We believe the verdicr againstMcKesson Medical-Surgical Inc. was wrong basefd on both the facts of the case andthe law, and we intenxd to appeal,” Larkin Caccavale was awarded $5 millionm and Melville, N.Y.-based Schein was awarded $6 million, Fullere said.

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