SMITH v. COFFMAN

No. 46,793-CA.

87 So.3d 137 (2012)

Landon C. SMITH, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellee v. Leslie R. COFFMAN, M.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology, a Professional Medical Corp., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

February 8, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Sloan , James A. Rountree , Monroe, LA, for Appellant.

Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell, Alexandria, LA, by Michael John O'Shee , Misty Shannon Antoon , Trevor Scott Frye , Steven M. Oxenhandler , for Appellee.

Before BROWN, STEWART, CARAWAY, MOORE and SEXTON (Pro Tempore), JJ.


CARAWAY, J.

This dispute between two physicians concerns a three-year employment agreement governing their relationship in a medical practice. The defendant and his medical corporation hired the plaintiff. At the end of the three-year term of the contract following written and other exchanges between the parties, the employment relationship ended. This led to various disputes concerning the contract's covenant not to compete, the manner in which the contract ended...

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