Employee Is Entitled To Recover Attorney's Fees In Breach Of Contract Action Filed By His Former Employer
Profit Concepts Mgmt., Inc. v. Griffith, 2008 WL 1932427 (Cal. Ct. App. May 5, 2008)
Profit Concepts sued Greg Griffith, a former employee, for breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets in Orange County Superior Court. Griffith, who was an Oklahoma resident at the time, moved to quash service for lack of personal jurisdiction. (The contract contained a prevailingparty attorney’s fees provision.) Profit Concepts filed a notice of non-opposition to Griffith’s motion to quash, and the trial court granted the motion. Griffith then filed a motion to recover his attorney’s fees in the action ($3,400.78) on the ground that he was the prevailing party. The trial court granted Griffith’s motion, and the Court of Appeal affirmed.
