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BEVERAGE MARKETING USA, INC., Appellant, et al., Plaintiff, v. SOUTH BEACH BEVERAGE COMPANY, INC., Respondents.

Ordered that the order entered October 22, 2007 is affirmed, with costs.

A motion for leave to reargue is addressed to the sound discretion of the court which decided the prior motion and may be granted upon a showing that the court overlooked or misapprehended the facts or law, or for some reason mistakenly arrived at its earlier decision ( see E.W. Howell Co., Inc. v S.A.F. La Sala Corp., 36 AD3d 653, 654; Carrillo v PM Realty Group, 16 AD3d 611; Viola v City of New York, 13 AD3d 439, 440). Contrary to the contention of the plaintiff Beverage Marketing USA, Inc. (hereinafter Beverage), the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in granting leave to reargue.

The defendants established their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law dismissing Beverage's cause of action alleging misappropriation of pricing and cost information, distribution plans and strategies, and business plan. The defendants demonstrated that this information was available in the marketplace and, in any event, with respect to pricing and cost information and distribution plans and strategies, that they did not make use of it ( see Cosmos Forms v American Computer Forms, 193 AD2d 577, 579; see generally Ashland Mgt. v Janien, 82 NY2d 395, 407). In opposition, Beverage failed to raise a triable issue of fact.

The defendants also established their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law on Beverage's cause of action alleging breach of fiduciary duty ( see Alvarez v Prospect Hosp., 68 NY2d 320, 324). In opposition, the deposition testimony Beverage preferred was too vague and equivocal to raise an issue of fact as to whether the defendant John Bello began to secretly incorporate the defendant South Beach Beverage Company, Inc., while still in Beverage's employ ( see Seabury v County of Dutchess, 38 AD3d 752, 753; Bachurski v Polish Slavic Fed. Credit Union, 33 AD3d 739, 740). Moreover, that testimony was insufficient to demonstrate that Bello used Beverage's time, facilities, or proprietary secrets to secretly incorporate ( see Wallack Frgt. Lines v Next Day Express, 273 AD2d 462, 463; CBS Corp. v Dumsday, 268 AD2d 350, 353; Chemfab Corp. v Integrated Liner Tech., 263 AD2d 788, 790).

[ See 2007 NY Slip Op 33444(U).]

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