Granite Buick GMC, Inc. v. Ray

SEVERSON, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Adam Ray, employee of Granite Buick GMC, Inc., and Scott Hanna, employee of McKie Ford Lincoln, Inc., signed non-compete agreements during the course of their employment. They left their respective employment and started their own automobile dealership, Gateway Autoplex, LLC. Granite Buick and McKie Ford sought injunctions to enforce the non-compete agreements. A jury was impaneled to determine Ray’s and Hanna’s affirmative defenses. The circuit court treated the jury verdict as binding; on appeal we reversed and remanded for findings of facts and conclusions of law.…