Fill and Sign the Breach Duty Form

IN THE _____________ COURT OF _________ COUNTY, ________ FOR THE ____________ DISTRICT OF ___________ ___________________ DIVISION NAME OF PLAINTIFF )       ) ) V. ) NO.       ) ) NAME OF DEFENDANT )       ) ) COMPLAINT COMES NOW __________, Plaintiff in the above styled cause, by and through counsel, and files this civil action against __________, Defendant, and in support thereof would show the following: PARTIES 1. Plaintiff, __________ (hereinafter "__________"), is a ________ business corporation with its principal place of business at __________, __________ County, ________. 2. Defendant, __________ (hereinafter "__________") is an adult resident of __________ County, ________, who may be served with process at his residence __________, __________, ________. FACTUAL BACKGROUND 3. On or about __________, ____, __________ (hereinafter "________") began doing business as a sole proprietor under the name __________. At the outset, _____ was engaged primarily in the business of providing forklift batteries and related products to various products throughout Central and Southern ________. As his customer base grew, __________ saw the opportunity to expand his business to include forklift maintenance and repair. 4. After securing commitments from numerous customers that they would allow __________to provide maintenance and repair to their forklifts, ________ sought to hire a forklift technician/mechanic. One of the persons responding to _________'s efforts to locate a forklift technician/mechanic was __________. Ultimately, ________ decided to hire __________on an at-will basis and agreed to pay him an hourly wage for work performed. 5. As the business grew and expanded, __________ constantly requested that ________allow him to "own a piece of the rock" and repeatedly offered to buy a portion of the business. In ________, _____, _________ was in need of additional capital and discussed with __________ the possibility of __________ purchasing an ownership interest in the business. ________ and __________ ultimately agreed that __________ would loan __________ the sum of $25,000.00, evidenced by a Promissory Note. __________ and __________ further agreed that the business would be incorporated effective __________ 1, _____, with __________ and his wife receiving 75% of the stock in the corporation, in exchange for all of the assets and liabilities of the sole proprietorship, and with __________ to receive 25% of the stock in exchange for cancellation of __________'s $25,000.00 Promissory Note. 6. __________ was formed as a ________ corporation effective __________ __, _____, with __________ receiving 510 shares, __________'s wife, __________, receiving 240 shares, __________ received 250 shares of __________ in exchange for cancellation of the $25,000.00 Promissory Note. The corporation was further organized with __________, his wife, and __________ being named the Board of Directors, and with __________ being elected President, __________ being elected Vice-President, and __________ being elected Secretary-Treasurer. 7. In addition to serving in his capacity as an officer and director of the corporation, __________ was also hired as service manager for __________. 8. In August _____, __________, in his capacity as president of __________, terminated __________'s employment as service manager due to __________'s mismanagement of the service department, disruptive personnel practices and customer dissatisfaction. 9. Immediately upon termination and in total disregard for his duties as an officer, director and shareholder of __________, __________ tortiously and intentionally enticed three of __________'s forklift technicians/mechanics to terminate their employment with __________ and to come to work for __________ in competition with __________. At the same time, __________ contacted various customers of __________ in an attempt to convince such customers not to do business with __________ but instead, to do business with __________. __________ also intentionally and tortiously made untrue and derogatory comments regarding __________ and otherwise attempted to undermine and destroy the relationships which __________ had with its customers and to otherwise injure __________'s business reputation. 10. As a result of __________'s actions in enticing three of __________'s employees to cease their employment, in enticing or attempting to entice __________'s customers to cease doing business with __________ and otherwise disparaging __________'s name, __________ has suffered financial losses, as well as loss of business reputation. 11. Approximately three to four weeks after __________ was terminated, __________'s wife contacted __________ in his capacity as President of __________ and requested that __________ give __________ a second chance. Reluctantly, __________ agreed and __________ was rehired as service manager for __________ beginning __________ __, _____. 12. In __________ _____, __________, in his capacity as President of __________, discovered that __________ was or had been engaging in conduct adverse to the best interest of __________. In particular, it was discovered that __________ had tortiously and intentionally enticed or attempted to entice various employees of __________ to leave employment, had tortiously and intentionally enticed or attempted to entice customers not to do business with __________ or to allow __________ to perform repairs at night and on weekends for his own benefit, and otherwise engaged in conduct which did or was intended to damage the economic viability of __________. 13. In __________ _____, it was also discovered that __________ broke into __________'s locked office and locked filing cabinet and removed therefrom confidential and proprietary information pertaining to __________'s customers, contracts and other business records. 14. At all relevant times, __________ had an obligation as an officer, director and service manager of __________ to conduct himself in a manner, at all times, consistent with the best interest of __________. COUNT ONE BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY 15. The allegations and enfrances of Paragraphs 1 through 15 set forth above are realleged in full and incorporated herein by reference. 16. __________ has a fiduciary duty and is required to deal with __________ using utmost good faith, undivided loyalty and with inherent fairness. __________ has breached his fiduciary duty to __________ and has engaged in conduct contrary to the best interest of __________. COUNT TWO MISAPPROPRIATION OF TRADE SECRETS AND PROPRIETARY DATA 17. The allegations and enfranchise of Paragraphs 1 through 15 set forth above are realleged in full and incorporated herein by reference. 18. __________ has misappropriated, misused and otherwise, for his own illegal use, the trade secrets and proprietary data of __________. COUNT THREE UNJUST ENRICHMENT 19. The allegations and enfranchise of Paragraphs 1 through 15 set forth above are realleged in full and incorporated herein by reference. 20. __________ has been unjustly enriched by the diversion of materials and/or supplies and other benefits to himself at the expense of __________, and should be required to pay __________ the amount diverted from it or the value of such materials, supplies and benefits. COUNT FOUR PUNITIVE DAMAGES 21. The allegations and enfranchise of Paragraphs 1 through 15 set forth above are realleged in full and incorporated herein by reference. 22. The actions of __________ in breaching his fiduciary duty, in intentionally and tortiously interfering with __________'s employment contracts and in intentionally and tortiously interfering with __________'s customer relations, were done knowingly, willfully and intentionally or with reckless disregard for the rights of __________, evidencing bad faith on the part of __________ and entitling __________ to punitive damages. __________ sues __________ for punitive damages in the amount of $__________ in order to punish __________ for his actions and to deter such activities by him in the future. COUNT FIVE INTENTIONAL INTERFERENCE WITH BUSINESS 23. The allegations and enfranchise of Paragraphs 1 through 15 set forth above are realleged in full and incorporated herein by reference. 24. At all relevant times hereto, __________ knew that __________ was engaged in the business of selling forklift batteries, accessories and other products, and providing forklift maintenance and repair services. __________ was aware that any contacts, persuasion, influence, inducement or coercion exerted upon __________'s customers would result in a loss of termination of business to __________, thereby causing __________ injury. The actions of __________ were intentional in nature, were calculated to cause damage to the business of __________, were reformed with the unlawful purpose of causing such damage and loss without any right or justifiable cause on the part of __________, and resulted in actual damages to __________, thereby constituting an intentional interference with business relations and pursuits of __________. These actions were performed and exercised by __________ during a time in which he was certain or substantially certain that his actions would result in such interference with the business relations and pursuits of __________. 25. As a direct and proximate result of the tortious actions undertaken and performed by __________, __________ has suffered damages and injury to its business and is entitled to recover from __________ to the extent of the damages suffered by it. COUNT SIX INTENTIONAL INTERFERENCE WITH EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS 26. The allegations and enfranchise of Paragraphs 1 through 15 set forth above are realleged in full and incorporated herein by reference. 27. __________ was aware that any contacts, persuasion, influence, inducement or coercion exerted upon __________'s key employees to terminate or otherwise cease their employment with __________. These employees were needed for __________ to provide adequate and competent services to its customers and to otherwise maintain its customer relations, thereby causing __________ injury. The actions of __________ were intentional in nature, were calculated to cause damage to the business of __________, were reformed with the unlawful purpose of causing such damage and loss without any right or justifiable cause on the part of __________, and resulted in actual damages to __________, thereby constituting an intentional interference with employee relations and pursuits of __________. These actions were performed and exercised by __________ during a time in which he was certain or substantially certain that his actions would result in such interference with the employee relations and pursuits of __________. 28. As a direct and proximate result of the tortious actions undertaken and performed by __________, __________ has suffered damages and injury to its business and is entitled to recover from __________ to the extent of the damages suffered by it. WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Plaintiff, __________ prays that summons is issued against the Defendant, __________, that the Defendant be cited to appear and answer herein, that on a final hearing hereof, Plaintiff have judgment entered against the Defendant in the amount of $__________ in actual damages and in the amount of $__________ in punitive damages, plus reasonable attorneys fees and all costs of Court incurred herein. AND, Plaintiff, __________ prays for such other general or special relief to which it may be entitled under the circumstances. THIS, THE ______ DAY OF __________, _____. Respectfully submitted, _________________________________