H & R BLOCK EASTERN ENT. v. SWENSON

No. 2006AP1210.

745 N.W.2d 421 (2007)

2008 WI App 3

H & R BLOCK EASTERN ENTERPRISES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant v. Mary SWENSON, Francine J. Sherbert, Tracy A. Hodson, Sally K. Stelloh, Lynette M. Guentz and. Gerald W. Niedfeldt, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed December 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Sharon Mollman-Elliott and Elizabeth Erickson Pevehouse of Foley & Lardner LLP, Madison.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Thomas L. Horvath of Hale, of Skemp, Hanson, Skemp & Sleik, La Crosse.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, P.J., DYKMAN and VERGERONT, JJ.


¶ VERGERONT, J.

H & R Block Eastern Enterprises, Inc. appeals the circuit court's order on summary judgment dismissing its claims against former employees for breach of noncompetition and nonsolicitation clauses in their employment contracts. We conclude, based on the undisputed facts, that the provision extending the time period in each of the clauses "by any period(s) of violations" is unreasonable and renders both clauses entirely void under WIS. STAT...

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