Community Hospital Group, Inc. v. More

In this case and in the companion case of Pierson v. Medical Health Centers, P.A., 183 N.J. 65, 869 A.2d 901, 2005 WL 767001 (2005), also decided today, we granted leave to appeal to reexamine the issue decided in Karlin v. Weinberg, 77 N.J. 408, 390 A.2d 1161 (1978), that a post-employment restrictive covenant in an employment contract between physicians or between a physician and hospital is not per se unreasonable and unenforceable. Secondary to that issue, in this case, is whether, assuming Karlin has continuing vitality, the trial court erred in denying plaintiffs application for a…