A.T. HUDSON & CO., INC. v. DONOVAN


216 N.J. Super. 426 (1987)

524 A.2d 412

A.T. HUDSON & CO., INC., PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, CROSS-RESPONDENT, v. WILLIAM E. DONOVAN, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT, CROSS-APPELLANT, AND JOHN GUGLIEMOTTI AND CITIZENS FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided February 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Kelly, Jr., argued the cause for appellant, cross-respondent.

No appearance on behalf of pro se respondent, cross-appellant, William E. Donovan (Respondent relied upon the brief filed by Antonio D. Favetta of the firm of Lamb, Hartung, Gallipoli & Coughlin).

Before Judges MORTON I. GREENBERG, J.H. COLEMAN and R.S. COHEN.


The opinion of the court was delivered by COLEMAN, J.H., J.A.D.

This is an appeal by plaintiff A.T. Hudson & Co., Inc., a management consulting firm, from a judgment which nullified a post-employment restrictive covenant ancillary to an employment contract between defendant William E. Donovan and plaintiff. The trial judge held that the anti-competition clause in the employment contract violated the public policy of this State. We disagree and reverse.

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