Torrance. Berg-Nelson Company Inc., a Long Beach maker of rubber and metal hoses, belting and other products, recently won a $242,000 jury verdict in Los Angeles County Superior Court in Torrance, the company's law firm, Cummins & White, said Tuesday.

Berg-Nelson had accused Advanced Sealing and Supply Co. Inc. in Cerritos of misappropriating trade secrets by "wrongfully obtaining a sample of a proprietary, specialized fuel injection hose, allowing Advanced Sealing to reverse engineer the hose and avoid the expense and time involved with its own product development," Cummins & White said.

According to Berg-Nelson's lawsuit, filed in December 2006, the company's "co-gen" hose was designed and fabricated for turbine-generating units at Chevron El Segundo refinery, whose employees provided the hose to Advanced Sealing.

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