Legal Theories
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8 rows where filing_id = 60
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| theory_id ▼ | filing_id | theory | party | role | basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 423 | 60 60 | Presumption jury followed instructions (Columbia Rio Grande Healthcare) | Pohl | claim | Jury presumed to follow instructions requiring unanimity for Q17; Q19 predicated on unanimous Q17 answer provides affirmative evidence of unanimity |
| 424 | 60 60 | Waiver of jury verdict objection (USAA Tex. Lloyds Co. v. Menchaca; Tex. R. Civ. P. 295) | Pohl | claim | Party seeking to avoid effect of jury answers must object before jury is discharged; Kassab failed to do so, waiving the alleged conflict |
| 425 | 60 60 | TUTSA actual loss encompasses attorneys' fees from separate proceedings | Pohl | claim | Broad definition of actual loss under TUTSA includes consequential damages; flexible and imaginative approach to trade secret damages; Akin Gump confirms fees from separate proceedings are recoverable as actual damages |
| 426 | 60 60 | Tort of another doctrine (Dixon Fin. Services v. Chang) | Pohl | claim | Equitable principles allow recovery of attorney's fees as actual damages when party required to prosecute or defend prior legal action as consequence of defendant's wrongful act; 'wholly innocent' requirement disputed |
| 427 | 60 60 | TUTSA authorizes both actual loss and unjust enrichment (Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 134A.004) | Pohl | claim | Statute expressly permits recovery of both; jury was instructed not to award duplicative damages; market value = forward loss, development costs = past unjust enrichment |
| 428 | 60 60 | Conspiracy creates joint and several liability, not preempted by TUTSA or Chapter 33 | Pohl | claim | Conspiracy is a means of imposing joint and several liability, not an independent claim with conflicting remedy; published Texas appellate caselaw (Guillory, Stephens) rejects Chapter 33 preemption; TUTSA preemption only applies to conflicting remedies |
| 429 | 60 60 | Jury findings on Precision and Kassab are consistent; Kassab obtained secrets from Favre | Pohl | claim | Kassab obtained trade secrets from Favre via November 2016 agreement, not from Precision; jury could find Precision lawfully obtained info while working for Pohl and separately find Kassab's post-acquisition use constituted misappropriation |
| 430 | 60 60 | Waiver of jury verdict inconsistency (Bryan v. Papalia; Bruce v. Oscar Renda) | Pohl | claim | Kassab waived right to object based on alleged inconsistency in jury verdict by not asserting objections before jury dismissal |
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CREATE TABLE legal_theories (
theory_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
filing_id INTEGER REFERENCES filings(filing_id),
theory TEXT,
party TEXT,
role TEXT,
basis TEXT
);