Legal Question in Employment Law in California

I have a former contractor that I worked with who is trying to sabotage my business in California. He is actively recruiting my customers who are currently enrolled in my program. How can i protect myself?


Asked on 5/12/15, 3:28 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Phillip D. Wheeler, Esq. Phillip D. Wheeler, Attorney At Law

If they are intentionally trying to sabotaging you business, lawyers usually call this the tort of intentional interference with prospective economic advantage. It is a tort. You can sue for this.

The elements of that tort of are: '(1) an economic relationship between [the plaintiff and some third person] containing the probability of future economic benefit to the [plaintiff], (2) knowledge by the defendant of the existence of the relationship, (3) intentional acts on the part of the defendant designed to disrupt the relationship, (4) actual disruption of the relationship, [and] (5) damages to the plaintiff proximately caused by the acts of the defendant.' (Buckaloo v. Johnson (1975) 14 Cal.3d 815, 827.)

I advise you obtain an attorney ASAP if this fits your description.

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Answered on 5/12/15, 3:32 pm


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