Fine Foods, Inc. v. Dahlin

Defendant appeals from a decree of the Windham Superior Court enforcing a covenant not to compete and enjoining defendant from continuing to be connected, in any way, with the restaurant business of the Old Newfane Inn located in Brattleboro, Vermont. We affirm in part and remand for further proceedings.

Four claims of error are before this Court for review: (1) that the trial court failed to narrowly construe the language of the covenant not to compete; (2) that the court’s conclusion that defendant should be enjoined from continuing employment as “maitre d’ ” of the Old Newfane Inn is not…