MacIntosh v. Brunswick Corp.

This is an appeal by Francis J. Macintosh (plaintiff-appellant or employee) from a lower court judgment granting a motion for a directed verdict made by Brunswick Corporation (defendant-appellee or employer) at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s case. Two questions are presented by the appeal: (i) whether the lower court erred in not granting a motion for summary judgment and (ii) whether the post-employment restraints proposed by the employer as a part of the employment contract were valid and enforceable against the employee.(i)

As to the first question, which is relatively easy to determine,…