Palmetto Mortuary Transp., Inc. v. Knight Sys., Inc.

JUSTICE JAMES :

**447Palmetto Mortuary Transport, Inc. (Palmetto) sued Knight Systems, Inc. and Robert Knight (collectively, Knight) for breach of an asset purchase agreement executed in connection with the sale of Knight's mortuary transport business to Palmetto. A special referee found Knight breached the agreement by violating both a non-compete covenant and an exclusive sales provision contained in the agreement. Knight appealed, and the court of appeals reversed and remanded, holding the 150-mile territorial restriction in the non-compete **448covenant was unreasonable and unenforceable.…