The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania, alleges that Mario Schackelman jumped ship for Zimmer Biomet on Oct. 31 after a decade of selling for Synthes despite clauses in his contract barring him for working for a competitor for two years.
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Synthes leveled a breach of contract lawsuit against a sales rep who quit to work for rival Zimmer Biomet, alleging that he poached his former customers for his new employer.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania, alleges that Mario Schackelman jumped ship for Zimmer Biomet on Oct. 31 after a decade of selling for Synthes in California’s San Fernando Valley despite clauses in his contract barring him for working for a competitor for two years.
