HARTMAN v. W.H. ODELL AND ASSOCIATES, INC.

No. 9422SC83.

450 S.E.2d 912 (1994)

Mark V. HARTMAN, Plaintiff, v. W.H. ODELL AND ASSOCIATES, INC., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 20, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice by Thomas D. Schroeder and David A. Shirlen, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff-appellee.

House & Blanco, P.A. by John S. Harrison and Peter J. Juran, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellant.


THOMPSON, Judge.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether or not the defendant can enforce a covenant not to compete contained in two successive employment agreements signed by the plaintiff. We hold the covenant not to compete is overly broad and cannot be saved by "blue penciling" the agreement. Therefore, we affirm.

The plaintiff was an employee of the defendant from 1986 to 1991. In 1987 and again in 1989, the plaintiff signed employment agreements...

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