June 13, 2014 by Brad Perriello
A federal judge rules that former Synthes sales rep John Marotta broke a non-compete agreement when he helped form and lead Emerge Medical.
A former sales manager for Johnson & Johnson‘s (NYSE:JNJ)Synthes orthopedics subsidiary broke a non-compete agreement when he jumped ship to help form and lead Emerge Medical, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled this month.
Emerge Medical CEO John Marotta resigned from his role at Synthes in April 2010, after incorporating Emerge Medical in Colorado in January of that year, according to court documents. Synthes sued Marotta and a clutch of other former employees in March 2011, alleging that they violated non-compete agreements, attempted to steal Synthes customers and illegally used proprietary information.
