Eaton v. Frisby heating up with depositions of Langston, Balducci and Patterson
According to this article in the Sunday Clarion-Ledger, Judge Yerger is allowing attorneys for Frisby Aerospace to take the depositions of Joey Langston, Timothy Balducci and Steve Patterson in the Eaton v. Frisby trade secrets case. Judge Yerger previously stayed the proceeding and the article does not explain why he lifted the stay. The three are all currently serving prison sentences for their roles in Scruggs-gate.
Eaton v. Frisby is a huge case involving many of the most prominent attorneys in the state:
In the trade secret case, Eaton Corp. alleges in the lawsuit that engineers who once worked for the Jackson company stole trade secrets for military contracts and gave them to Frisby Aerospace of North Carolina when they went to work there in 2002.
Frisby attorneys maintain rulings from DeLaughter began going in Eaton's favor when Peters became one of Eaton's attorneys. They won't discuss getting depositions of Langston, Balducci or Patterson. But Alan Perry, one of the attorneys, noted in court Peters' role in the other case involving DeLaughter. "It's a similar pattern," Perry said.
It seems like federal authorities who investigated DeLaughter did not find significant evidence of improper conduct in the Eaton case, since the case was not included in the allegations upon which DeLaughter will be tried and did not lead to further indictments.
