KARPINSKI v. INGRASCI


28 N.Y.2d 45 (1971)

Joseph F. Karpinski, Appellant, v. Paul C. Ingrasci, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 25, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Elder, Jr. and Robert E. White for appellant.

Gabriel N. Meckenberg for respondent.

Judges SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON concur; Judge BURKE taking no part.


Chief Judge FULD.

This appeal requires us to determine whether a covenant by a professional man not to compete with his employer is enforceable and, if it is, to what extent.

The plaintiff, Dr. Karpinski, an oral surgeon, had been carrying on his practice alone in Auburn — in Cayuga County — for many years. In 1953, he decided to expand and, since nearly all of an oral surgeon's business...

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