TORRENCE v. HEWITT ASSOCIATES

No. 85-2699.

143 Ill. App.3d 520 (1986)

493 N.E.2d 74

JAMES R. TORRENCE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HEWITT ASSOCIATES, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed May 7, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Acker, of Chicago (Winston & Strawn, of counsel), for appellant.

Duane C. Quaini, Steven H. Frankel, and Steven M. Levy, all of Sonnenschein, Carlin, Nath & Rosenthal, of Chicago, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, James R. Torrence, brought this action against his former employer, defendant, Hewitt Associates, seeking to have the forfeiture provision in his noncompetition agreement declared invalid and unenforceable. The trial court granted Hewitt's motion for summary judgment on the basis that Torrence violated the valid agreement when he began working for a competitor of Hewitt.

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