CENTURY BUSINESS SERVS., INC. v. URBAN

No. 90741.

179 Ohio App.3d 111 (2008)

2008-Ohio-5744

CENTURY BUSINESS SERVICES, INC., et al., Appellees, v. URBAN, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County.

Decided November 6, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ulmer & Berne L.L.P., Jeffrey S. Dunlap, and Adrienne L. Rapp, for appellees.

Jackson Lewis L.L.P., James M. Stone, and Nicole M. Monachino; and Collins & Scanlon, L.L.P., and Thomas J. Scanlon, for appellant.


BOYLE, M.J., Judge.

{¶ 1} At issue in this appeal is the freedom to contract and the enforceability of noncompetition and nonsolicitation agreements associated with the sale of a business. Significant to this analysis is whether these agreements, when they are entered into contemporaneously with the sale of a business, should be distinguished from ones that are entered into by employees as consideration for employment. The trial court declared that...

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