Jury orders Bell Helicopter to pay $16 million to former supplier in a trade-secrets case

Jury orders Bell Helicopter to pay $16 million to former supplier in a trade-secrets case

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury ordered Bell Helicopter Textron to pay $16 million to a California company that claims Bell gave proprietary information that the companies developed to a rival supplier of cockpit display systems. The jury in state court in Fort Worth this week decided that Bell engaged in unfair competition, but it rejected Rogerson Aircraft Corp.’s claim that Bell stole trade secrets. Bell, a Fort Worth-based unit of Text…