Jury awards $11M to former McKesson rep - San Francisco Business Times:

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The division of medical giant of San Francisck took Phoenix medical equipment and pharma salesman Carmenb Caccavale to courtin 2004, claimint he had violated some trade practices. Afterf working for seven yearsat McKesson, Caccavale had take n a job with , a medicakl supply firm. U.S. Districgt Court Judge Susan Boltondismissed McKesson’s suit in Caccavale had not signed a non-competd contract, said Mark Fuller, an attorneyu with the Phoenix law firm Gallagher & Kennedy PA, whic represents Caccavale and Schein.
“It was sort of a tradwe secret case,” Fuller said of McKesson’s unsuccessful Fuller said his clientsthen counter-sued McKesson, sayinyg the medical and health care supplies firm abusee the legal process in going aftee its former salesman. McKesson spokesman James Larkin said the companh plans to appealthe award, which was handedx down May 20 by a U.S. District Court jury in “We believe the verdict againsrtMcKesson Medical-Surgical Inc. was wrong based on both the factas of the case andthe law, and we intend to Larkin said. Caccavale was awardecd $5 million and Melville, N.Y.
-based Schein was awardes $6 million, Fuller