Weichert Co. v. Faust

In this case, Petitioner, Weichert Co. of Maryland, Inc. (‘Weichert”), instituted a breach of contract claim against its former employee, Respondent, Dorothy Crago Faust (“Faust”). Weichert claimed that Faust violated the terms of her employment agreement by breaching the duty of loyalty, and by breaching a non-solicitation clause which was included in the contract. Under the terms of the contract, if Weichert brought a claim under the non-solicitation clause, and did not succeed on that claim, Faust would be entitled to recover attorney’s fees incurred in defending against the claim. A jury…