Pilgrim Coat, Apron, C., Inc. v. Krzywulak

Neither modern public policy nor the judicial decisions of recent years have proscribed contracts in restraint of trade between employer and employee where the restraint is reasonably necessary for the protection of the business of the employer and not unreasonably restrictive in point of time or territory upon the normal rights of the employee. Silbros, Inc., v. Solomon,139 N.J. Eq. 528; 52 Atl. Rep. 2d 534, and cases therein collated.

The primary factors to be considered in testing the validity and efficacy of such a covenant are whether the covenant ancillary to the contract has a greater…