Rider v. Orkin Exterminating Company, Inc.

Undercofler, Justice.

Orkin Exterminating Company, Inc. filed suit in the Superior Court of Coweta County against James R. Rider seeking a temporary and permanent injunction be cause of the alleged violation of a covenant restricting other employment in a contract entered into between the parties. The defendant moved to dismiss the action on the basis that it failed to state a claim against him “upon which relief can be granted for the reason that the contract upon which the plaintiff’s action is founded is void as the restrictive covenants are a separate independent contract containing no…