CENTRAL ADJUSTMENT BUREAU, INC. v. INGRAM


678 S.W.2d 28 (1984)

CENTRAL ADJUSTMENT BUREAU, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Henry Preston INGRAM, Richard B. Goostree, James C. Bjorkholm, Jr., and Ingram & Associates, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

September 17, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank C. Gorrell, Jay S. Bowen, Judith A. Powell, Nashville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Fred D. Thompson, Ronald W. Routson, Nashville, for defendants-appellees.


OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

This appeal under Rule 11, Tenn.R. App.P., involves non-competition clauses in employment contracts. It raises an issue regarding the consideration necessary to support such a covenant when it is entered into after employment has begun. In addition, the Court addresses the issue of whether a covenant not to compete, the geographic and time limitations of which are unnecessarily broad, can be judicially modified so as to make the...

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