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CARTER-SHIELDS, M.D. v. ALTON HEALTH INST.

No. 90767.

777 N.E.2d 948 (2002)

201 Ill.2d 441

268 Ill.Dec. 25

Vera E. CARTER-SHIELDS, M.D., Appellee, v. ALTON HEALTH INSTITUTE et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

September 19, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Hayes, Sr., S. Patrick McKey, Jamie M. Haberichter, Wallace C. Solberg, of Gardner, Carton & Douglas, Chicago, Roger K. Heidenreich, James G. Wiehl, of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, St. Louis, Missouri, for appellants.

Christopher B. Hunter, of Farrell, Hunter, Hamilton & Julian, P.C., Godfrey, for appellee.

Chief Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Dr. Vera E. Carter Shields, entered into an employment agreement with defendant, Alton Health Institute (AHI), a nonlicensed, general not-for-profit corporation, to provide services as a primary care physician. The employment agreement contained a restrictive covenant stating that plaintiff could not practice medicine within a 20-mile radius of AHI for two years after her separation from AHI. As...

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