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Tennant Co. v. Advance Machine Co. - Dumpster Diving / Conversion Punitive Damages Verdict
Advance Machine Company's West Coast sales manager repeatedly rifled Tennant Company's sealed, covered dumpster in California to steal sales leads, and Advance's mishandling of the discovery led a Minnesota jury (and, on appeal, the Minnesota Court of Appeals) to impose $500,000 in combined compensatory and reinstated punitive damages, a landmark early US ruling that trash retains a protectable privacy/property interest against competitor theft.
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