Illinois-based drug and medical device giant Abbott Laboratories has filed a lawsuit against Boston Scientific and an employee at the Natick, Mass.-company, claiming breach of contract relating to the poaching of Abbott employees.
The case was filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. In the lawsuit, Abbott says that its former division vice president of coronary and endovascular U.S. sales for its vascular unit, Samuel Conaway, approached a handful of Abbott employees to follow him after being hired by Boston Scientific in January. Abbott says that it has lost three of those employees in recent weeks.
Abbott said it has an agreement with Conaway which bars him from directly or indirectly soliciting or assisting in soliciting certain Abbott employees, and Abbott provided a copy of the agreement to Boston Scientific upon his hiring at Boston Scientific.
“Despite full awareness of Conaway’s contractual obligations to Abbott, Boston Scientific and Conaway have solicited, in some cases successfully, employees of Abbott in breach and tortious interference with Conaway’s contractual obligations,” the complaint reads.
Abbott is alleging breach of contract and tortious interference with contract. It is seeking an order barring Conaway and Boston Scientific from raiding its staff as well as compensatory, incidental, consequential and punitive damages.
Abbott spokesman Scott Stoffeel said in a statement that “Abbott intends to protect our investment in our people and confidential information.”
The case was filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. In the lawsuit, Abbott says that its former division vice president of coronary and endovascular U.S. sales for its vascular unit, Samuel Conaway, approached a handful of Abbott employees to follow him after being hired by Boston Scientific in January. Abbott says that it has lost three of those employees in recent weeks.
Abbott said it has an agreement with Conaway which bars him from directly or indirectly soliciting or assisting in soliciting certain Abbott employees, and Abbott provided a copy of the agreement to Boston Scientific upon his hiring at Boston Scientific.
“Despite full awareness of Conaway’s contractual obligations to Abbott, Boston Scientific and Conaway have solicited, in some cases successfully, employees of Abbott in breach and tortious interference with Conaway’s contractual obligations,” the complaint reads.
Abbott is alleging breach of contract and tortious interference with contract. It is seeking an order barring Conaway and Boston Scientific from raiding its staff as well as compensatory, incidental, consequential and punitive damages.
Abbott spokesman Scott Stoffeel said in a statement that “Abbott intends to protect our investment in our people and confidential information.”