Chaichimansour v. Pets Are People Too, No. 2, Inc.

1. The majority in Division 1 would “disapprove” language in Vortex Protective Svc. v. Dempsey, 218 Ga. App. 763, 765 (2), 766-767 (2) (a) (463 SE2d 67), for “suggesting that prohibitions on competition with respect to customers or potential customers beyond those with whom the employee dealt during his employment will always be unreasonable, even if in a specified and reasonable geographic area. . . .” (Emphasis supplied.) Majority opinion, Division 1, p. 71, ante. But that is precisely the rationale employed by the Supreme Court in defining the parameters of permissible restrictions in…