Legal Opinion

Brignull v. Albert

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided October 17, 1995PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERTS, Justice.

Paul Abert appeals from a judgment entered after a nonjury trial in the Superior Court (Hancock County, Atwood, J.) awarding damages of $30,000 to Roger Brignull for Abert’s breach of a noncompetition agreement. Abert argues that the trial court erred in enforcing the agreement and that the damages awarded are not supported by the evidence and are punitive in nature. We affirm the judgment.

Roger Brignull is an optometrist with offices in Bar Harbor and Ellsworth. In 1985 he hired Paul Abert as an associate. The parties signed a series of one-year employment contracts that…

2Cases cited5 opinions

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  2. Smith, Batchelder & Rugg v. FosterSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1979
  3. Ferrofluidics Corp. v. Advanced Vacuum Components, Inc.District Court, D. New Hampshire · 1992
  4. Chapman & Drake v. HarringtonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1988
  5. Pacheco v. ScoblionkoSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1987

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