BUG, Inc. Tort Comparisons
Michelle Beach, Elizabeth Camacho, Teresa Devereux, Jodi Kellett, Van Phan, Joy Rowe
and Jaclyn Wells
University of Phoenix
Business Law (BUS415)
Joseph Balistocky
March 18, 2007
BUG, Inc. Tort Comparisons
The United States legal system protects companies and employees from being affected by the constant moving, ever changing technology trend that is traveling across the world today. This paper will be comparing several events that have taken place at BUG, Inc. with their competitors, employees and customers. Comparison of the events and the legal torts that are being violated will be reviewed for each incident. We will discuss areas that the company or the employee or customer should be taking further action. With the following examples of torts we can see that exposure to legal issues in the workplace is evident and we may need to be alert to what action should be taken as a resolution.
WIRETAP and Steve
WIRETAP is a fairly new company that is currently located in New York City. Steve, an employee who works for a competitor called BUG Inc., has been sent by his company to WIRETAP to get a job. WIRETAP, not realizing that Steve is employed by BUG, has hired him to work in their research and development department. While working at WIRETAP, Steve has forwarded all the email correspondence between the BUG, Inc. officers (both domestic and international) to his boss at BUG, Inc. Once a week, Steve meets with his boss from BUG to give him an update on all the information he obtained about the BUG product lines. Steve has put himself at substantial professional risk by being a spy at WIRETAP for BUG, Inc.. If Steve is caught he can be charged with felonies for attempting t ...