LAMORTE BURNS & CO., INC. v. WALTERS


770 A.2d 1158 (2001)

167 N.J. 285

LAMORTE BURNS & CO., INC., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael A. WALTERS, Nancy Nixon and The Walters Nixon Group, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 14, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen H. Roth, Hackensack, for appellant (Mr. Roth, attorney; Mr. Roth and Michele M. DeSantis, on the briefs).

Bruce D. Greenberg, Newark, for respondents (Lite DePalma Greenberg & Rivas, attorneys).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by LaVECCHIA, J.

In this case, we consider whether an employee has incurred liability for activities undertaken to plan and prepare for future employment in a newly created business entity established by the employee to compete directly with his current employer. Plaintiff, Lamorte Burns & Co. (Lamorte), filed suit against two of its former employees, Michael Walters and Nancy Nixon...

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