Standard Hydraulics, Inc. v. Kerns

In this appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Nicholas County, this Court is asked to decide whether the lower court erred in granting an injunction enforcing a covenant not to compete in an employment contract entered into between the plaintiff below, Standard Hydraulics, Inc. (Standard), and the defendant below, Gary Paul Kerns. Since the time period specified in the restrictive covenant has expired, we find that the question of whether the lower court should have granted an injunction has become moot.

Mr. Kerns began his employment with Standard in 1964 as a shop manager in…