Hanchett Paper Co. v. Melchiorre

Defendant, Frank Melchiorre, appeals an order granting a preliminary injunction enjoining defendant from soliciting, selling to, or servicing customers defendant serviced while he was employed by plaintiff, Hanchett Paper Company, d/b/a Shorr Packaging Corporation, a/k/a Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Defendant was employed by plaintiff as a sales representative from July 1990 until July 2002. Defendant then began to work for Stamar Packaging, a competitor of plaintiffs. We affirm.

Plaintiff, an Illinois corporation, is a distributor of packaging products such as corrugated boxes, shrink wrap,…