Van Dyck Printing Co. v. DiNicola

These appeals challenge the validity of a trial court judgment awarding damages for a former employee’s breach of a one year covenant not to com*273pete that was part of a written employment contract. The plaintiff, Van Dyck Printing Company, sued the defendant, Anthony DiNicola, to recover for profits lost because the defendant, after leaving his employment with the plaintiff, joined another company to solicit business in competition with the plaintiff in violation of an express covenant not to compete.1 The defendant disputed the enforceability of the covenant not to compete and filed a…