Magic Valley Truck Brokers, Inc. v. Meyer

LANSING, Judge.

Magic Valley Truck Brokers, Inc. (“Magic Valley”) sued a former employee, David Meyer, for breach of a noncompetition covenant in his employment contract. Magic Valley also sued Meyer’s new employer, Continental Truck Freight Brokers, Inc. (“Continental”), for tortious interference with prospective business advantage and tortious interference with contract. Following a court trial the district court found that Meyer had breached the noncompetition covenant, but the court awarded no damages because it concluded that no actual damages had been proven and that the liquidated…