Legal Opinion
Karpinski v. Ingrasci
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 25, 1971PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Judge Fuld.
This appeal requires us to determine whether a covenant by a professional man not to compete with his employer is enforceable and, if it is, to what extent.
The plaintiff, Dr. Karpinski, an oral surgeon, had been carrying on his practice alone in Auburn—in Cayuga County—for many years. In 1953, he decided to expand and, since nearly all of an oral surgeon’s business stems from referrals, he embarked upon a plan to ‘‘ cultivate connections ’ ’ among dentists in the four nearby Counties of Tompkins, Seneca, Cortland and Ontario. The plan was successful, and by 1962 twenty per…
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