HESS v. GEBHARD & CO. INC.


808 A.2d 912 (2002)

W. Lawrence HESS, Appellant, v. GEBHARD & CO. INC., and Eugene Hoaster Company, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 16, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Brightbill, Lebanon, John P. Krill, Harrisburg, for W. Lawrence Hess.

Harry Walter Fenton, David J. Tshudy, Lebanon, and John J. Ferry, Palmyra, for Gebhard & Co., Inc. and Eugene Hoaster Company, Inc.


OPINION

Justice NEWMAN.

This matter arose as a result of the assignment by Eugene Hoaster Company, Inc. (Hoaster), of the employment agreement and covenant not to compete of Appellant, W. Lawrence Hess (Hess), to Gebhard & Co. (Gebhard), as part of an asset sale of an insurance agency. After thorough review, we reverse.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On April 29, 1974, Hess, a life-long resident of Lebanon County, commenced...

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