Hardin Expands Lawsuit Against Centex Construction Over Defections
Hardin Construction Co. has filed a lawsuit against Centex Construction Co., now known as Balfour Beatty Construction, claiming that several high-level Hardin employees in the company’s Atlanta office defected to Centex illegally in May, 2005 and allegedly copied thousands of confidential Hardin company files containing cost information to bring with them.
Atlanta-based Hardin claims these files were taken specifically to benefit Centex Construction and included internal company estimating and cost history databases as well as the Sage Timberline Office estimates for a number of their larger projects. Hardin had initially filed suit against three former employees in June 2005, but re-filed the claim last month adding Centex as a defendant.