SOCKO v. MID-ATLANTIC SYSTEMS OF CPA, INC.

No. 142 MAP 2014

126 A.3d 1266 (2015)

David M. SOCKO, Appellee, v. MID-ATLANTIC SYSTEMS OF CPA, INC., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 18, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Carroll Jr., Esq. , Rothman Gordon, P.C., Christine Teresa Elzer, Esq. , Samuel J. Cordes & Associates, for Western Pennsylvania Employment Lawyers Association, Amicus Curiae.

Richard Stephen Matesic, Esq., Pro Se, Amicus Curiae.

Scott M. Pollins, Esq. , Willig, Williams & Davidson, for NELA Eastern Pennsylvania, Amicus Curiae.

Stephen C. Goldblum, Esq. , Michael J. Torchia, Esq. , Semanoff Ormsby Greenberg & Torchia, LLC, for Mid-Atlantic Systems of CPA, Inc.

Michael Edward Rowan, Esq. , Shumaker Williams, P.C., for David M. Socko.

SAYLOR, C.J., EAKIN, BAER, TODD, STEVENS, JJ.


OPINION

In this appeal by allowance, we consider an issue of first impression: whether the enforcement of an employment agreement containing a restrictive covenant not to compete, entered into after the commencement of employment, may be challenged by an employee for a lack of consideration, where the agreement, by...

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