Romo Productions v. Paradise Sewing CA4/3
Romo Productions, Inc. (Romo) is a manufacturer of apparel, including military apparel. Paradise Sewing, Inc. (Paradise) was a sewing subcontractor for Romo. This case grew out of a dispute in which Romo accused Paradise of breaching their contract and stealing Romo’s clients and property. The trial court granted a nonsuit on most of Romo’s causes of action and denied a motion to reopen. We affirm the judgment.
Romo failed to prove necessary elements of its causes of action for breach of contract and trade libel, and its offer of proof did not show Romo could have done so if the trial court had granted the motion to reopen. The contract on which Romo sued was an unenforceable noncompetition, nonsolicitation, and nondisclosure agreement. Only if Romo could prove misappropriation of trade secrets by Paradise (a theory that was never pled) could it enforce any portion of the contract. Assuming for purposes of this appeal that Romo could have established the existence of a trad
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