WEAVER v. RITCHIE

No. 23080.

478 S.E.2d 363 (1996)

197 W.Va. 690

R. Joe WEAVER, O.D., and Lana M. Weaver, O.D., Plaintiffs Below, Appellees, v. Douglas F. RITCHIE, O.D., Defendant Below, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided October 16, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Bays, Bowles, Rice, McDavid, Graff & Love, Parkersburg, for Appellees.

George J. Consenza, Consenza & Underwood, Parkersburg, for Appellant.


RECHT, Judge:1

This matter concerns the validity of a non-competition covenant ancillary to the sale of an optometric practice, known as the Vienna Eye Clinic, by Douglas F. Ritchie, O.D.2 (appellant) to R. Joe Weaver, O.D. and Lana M. Weaver, O.D. (appellees).

After a bench trial of several days, the trial court made findings of fact and conclusions of law holding that the covenant was valid and enforceable...

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