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CHARTER OAK LENDING GROUP, LLC v. JANET AUGUST ET AL. (AC 31303)
Beach, Alvord and Pellegrino, Js. Argued November 18, 2010--officially released March 22, 2011

(Appeal from Superior Court, judicial district of Waterbury, Complex Litigation Docket, Roche, J.) William F. Gallagher, with whom, on the brief, was Hugh D. Hughes, for the appellant (plaintiff). Jill Hartley, with whom was Stephen C. Schoettmer, for the appellees (named defendant et al.).

Opinion

ALVORD, J. The plaintiff, Charter Oak Lending Group, LLC, appeals from the judgment of the trial court, rendered after a trial to the court, in favor of the defendants Janet August, Lia Stites, Barbara Coles, James McKenna, Patricia Holland, Patricia Kay and John Migliaro,1 its former employees, and their new employer, the defendant CTX Mortgage Company, LLC (CTX). The plaintiff filed a multicount complaint against the defendants claiming that they had conspired to misappropriate the plaintiff's proprietary and confidential information. At the conclusion of the plaintiff's casein-chief, the defendants moved to dismiss the action pursuant to Practice Book

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