Phoenix Orthopaedic Surgeons, Ltd. v. Peairs

OPINION

ROLL, Judge.

Dr. Richard Peairs appeals from the trial court’s granting of a preliminary injunction enforcing the terms of a restrictive covenant in an employment contract between Dr. Peairs and Phoenix Orthopaedic Surgery, Ltd. (POS). The restrictive covenant prohibits him from practicing orthopaedic medicine and orthopaedic surgery within a five-mile radius of the offices of POS. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

FACTS

POS is a professional corporation of or-thopaedic surgeons. The four shareholders are four physicians who practice out of three offices in northwest Phoenix. °

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