Summer Infant drops complaint against two defendants in trade secret theft lawsuit

WOONSOCKET – Summer Infant Inc., a juvenile product maker, has entered into a confidential settlement agreement with two of the six defendants it filed a lawsuit against in May for alleged theft and misappropriation of the company’s trade secrets.
According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission from Summer Infant, a confidential settlement agreement was entered on Nov. 1 with the Rest Defendants, Carson J. Darling and Dulcie M. Madden, who are principals of Rest Devices Inc., a former consultant to Summer Infant.
The company and the Rest Defendants have mutually released claims against each other, the filing said.
The lawsuit against former CEO Carol M. Bramson; Annamaria Dooley, the company’s former senior vice president of product development; and Kenneth N. Price, former president of global sales and marketing; is continuing, the filing said, as no claims against them were released.
“The company intends to continue to vigorously pursue this matter with respect to the remaining defendants and to protect its confidential and proprietary information,” the filing stated.
The filing does not state if the lawsuit is continuing against Bruce Work, who was initially named.
Work, according to Summer Infant’s complaint, was going to be one of the executives with the new startup company that Bramson, Dooley and Price were planning to create along with employees from Rest Devices.
The lawsuit stated that the individuals conspired together to intentionally steal Summer’s information to create a new startup company “to directly compete with Summer in the highly competitive juvenile products industry.”
Paul M. Kessimian, a lawyer representing Summer Infant, could not be reached for comment.

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