Norris of Houston, Inc. v. Gafas

PEDEN, Justice.

Plaintiffs appeal from the denial of a temporary injunction against a former employee to enforce a covenant not to compete. Mrs. Gafas says the denial was proper because her working conditions were intolerable, her former employer represented that the covenant would not be enforced, and because it was too vague to be enforceable.

Norris of Houston operates two men’s hair styling salons and two barber colleges in Houston. Mrs. Gafas first worked for Norris as a manicurist but later worked as a hair stylist at its Post Oak area salon for more than four years after signing the…