Sentry Insurance v. Firnstein

Sentry Insurance (Sentry) complains that the defendant Robert J. Firnstein, a former salesman, raided its customers, in violation of a noncompetition clause in Firnstein’s employment contract. A judge of the Superior Court who heard the case without a jury found that Firnstein had not violated the restrictive agreement and judgment entered for Firnstein. We affirm.

Among the facts found by the judge were the following: when he first went to work for Sentry, Firnstein signed a contract under which he agreed for two years after leaving Sentry not to sell insurance in his primary area (town of…