Smith & Nephew Sues Fired Engineers for Breach of Contract, Other Alleged Offenses (Memphis Flyer)
Smith & Nephew Files Suit Against Former Employees (Memphis Daily)
Smith & Nephew is suing nine former employees for $56 million or more over breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, civil conspiracy, and other allegations related to a knee replacement instrument. The suit alleges that 9 Engineers were planning to simultaneously quit and start their own patient matched knee instrumentation startup using S+N secrets and were found out beforehand. Named in the suit are:
- Carey Bryant
- David Mehl
- Luke Gibson
- Megan Rumery
- Andrew Wald
- Ashley Deken
- Kaleigh Ross
- Patrick Conway
- Bonnie Walker