SUTTON v. IOWA TRENCHLESS, L.C.

No. 10-2114.

808 N.W.2d 744 (2011)

Michael Jon SUTTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. IOWA TRENCHLESS, L.C., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

November 23, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund J. Sease and Jeffrey D. Harty of McKee, Voorhess & Sease, P.L.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Matthew J. Hemphill of Bergkamp & Hemphill, P.C., Adel, for appellee.

Heard by SACKETT, C.J., and VAITHESWARAN and TABOR, JJ.


SACKETT, C.J.

Iowa Trenchless, L.C. appeals the district court's decision granting declaratory relief from a covenant not to compete to Michael Sutton, a former owner and employee of Iowa Trenchless. Iowa Trenchless contends the district court erred in applying the standards governing the reasonableness of an employer-employee covenant not to compete to this case, which involves a business owner's sale of his interest. Iowa Trenchless asks that we adopt a less stringent...

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