Booth v. Newport Television, LLC

I conclude that Newport Television, LLC (“Newport”), failed to establish its right to enforce the noncompete agreement against Cyndi Booth. See Clark Substations, L.L.C. v. Ware, 838 So.2d 860 (Ala.2002) (requiring evidence of a valid assignment of a noncompete agreement before a successor corporation is entitled to enforce that agreement); and Russell v. Birmingham Oxygen Serv., Inc., 408 So.2d 90, 93 (Ala.1981) (“There must be an affirmative showing of an intent to assign. Strickland & Co. v. Lesesne & Ladd, 160 Ala. 213, 49 So. 233 (1909). ‘The owner must do or say something which would…