PITTSBURGH - Allegations of misappropriation of trade secrets, interference with business relations and unfair competition have brought a lawsuit against Andrea Lovell, doing business as NucMed Service Specialists, according to court documents filed a month ago in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
The charges were filed by TTG Imaging Solutions Inc., a national nuclear medicine and imaging device provider headquartered in Pittsburgh.
According to the suit, Lovell was a field services engineer with TTG, but resigned and launched her own directly competing business, NucMed.
Lovell, a resident of Georgia, allegedly used service contracts and pricing structures nearly identical to TTG'S and targeted its clients. In her leadership role with TTG, Lovell accessed protected and highly confidential information related to the company's data, clients, marketing and offerings, the suit claims.
TTG is seeking damages in lost profit due to Lovell's actions as well as the restraint of further actions by Lovell.
TTG is suing Lovell for one count of misappropriation of trade secrets under the Pennsylvania Uniform Trade Secrets Act, one count of breach of contract, one count of misappropriation of trade secrets under the Defend Trade Secrets Act, one count of unfair competition and one count of tortious interference with business relationships.