Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Florida
I'm in the state of Florida.So, I was hired as a chef for new restaurant and I helped them to create the menu. We don't have any written or verbal agreement that I have to give them all me recipes including the sauce. Now, I quit because my employer hasn't pay me for my 1 month work and my employer demand the sauce recipes from me stating that it's belong to the company. He never buy my recipes nor I receive any commission for those recipe for the restaurant sales. So, are my recipes belong to the company?
My employer said he will file a lawsuit against me if I don't give them my recipes due to a loss.
2 Answers from Attorneys
From the information you gave, the recipes are yours. Without a contract saying the recipes belong to the company, they really don't have a leg to stand on. Even with a contract, them not paying you would have been a breach of the contract.
Anybody can sue anybody, but you have a solid position.
Good luck.
They are yours. He owes you $.
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