J.B. Prata, Ltd. v. Bichay

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a Superior Court decree preliminarily enjoining the defendants from soliciting or accepting orders for pressure-sensitive tape from the plaintiff’s customers.

The defendants, Magdi Bichay and Paul Vasconcellos, worked as salesmen for plaintiff, J.B. Prata, Ltd. (Prata). Neither defendant, however, had signed either an employment contract or a noncompetition agreement.

Prata sells several types of adhesive paper products, including pressure-sensitive tape and stretch film, 1 to approximately 1,400 manufacturers in New England. It purchases its…