Heriberto Salas, Individually and D/B/A Iceland Refrigeration v. Total Air Services, LLC

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS § HERIBERTO SALAS, INDIVIDUALLY No. 08-15-00383-CV AND D/B/A ICELAND § REFRIDGERATION, Appeal from § Appellant, County Court at Law No. 5 § v. of El Paso County, Texas § TOTAL AIR SERVICES, LLC, (TC # 2012DCV03672) § Appellee. § OPINION This appeal turns our attention to the fiduciary duty that an employee may owe an employer when the employee starts a competing business. At-will employees (who have not entered valid non-compete agreements) are free in Texas to leave and form competing businesses. Even while still employed, the employee…