EMPIREGAS, INC. v. THOMAS

No. II-35.

359 So.2d 15 (1978)

EMPIREGAS, INC., OF PENSACOLA, Appellant, v. Harvey L. THOMAS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied June 22, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin W. Redding, of Barron, Redding, Boggs & Hughes, Panama City, for appellant.

Charles L. Hoffman, Jr., of Shell, Fleming, Davis & Menge, Pensacola, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant contends the trial court erred in failing to enforce a noncompetition clause in an employment agreement between it and appellee. We reluctantly agree and reverse. Section 542.12(2), Florida Statutes (1977), allows an employee to agree with his employer to "refrain from carrying on or engaging in a similar business and from soliciting old customers of such employer within a reasonably limited time and area." The statute has been upheld by the...

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