SCOTX Wipes $16.5M Judgment in Complicated Partnership Dispute

Three men and two concrete businesses won a six-year appellate battle against their former business partners on Friday when the Supreme Court of Texas tossed a $16.5 million judgment against them, ending what’s been described as a contentious, bet-the-company trade secrets dispute.

Friday’s ruling, which ended nearly a decade of legal sparring, took VHSC Cement, Clinton “Buddy” Pike, Tobin Wilson, Daniel Walker and Few Ready Mix Concrete off the financial hook for a 2014 trial they lost in Limestone County, Texas against a group of plaintiffs including Texas EMC Products, the limited partnership that they were once a part of.