A federal jury this week has issued a verdict finding that Salt Lake-based Ballard Medical Products, a subsidiary of Kimberly-Clark Corp., misappropriated trade secrets from a Rhode Island designer and inventor.
The District Court jury awarded Ronald Russo of Barrington, R.I., $17 million for misappropriation of his trade secrets and $3 million for breach of a written confidentiality agreement, according to a press release from the Salt Lake law firm of Burbidge & Mitchell, which represented Russo.
The jury found that the conduct of Ballard Medical was "willful and malicious," the release said
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The trade secrets at issue are found in Ballard Medical's closed tracheal suction devices.