Hess v. Gebhard & Co. Inc.

808 A.2d 912 (2002)

W. Lawrence HESS, Appellant,

v.

GEBHARD & CO. INC., and Eugene Hoaster Company, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued May 14, 2002.

Decided October 16, 2002.

David J. Brightbill, Lebanon, John P. Krill, Harrisburg, for W. Lawrence Hess.

Harry Walter Fenton, David J. Tshudy, Lebanon, and John J. Ferry, Palmyra, for Gebhard & Co., Inc. and Eugene Hoaster Company, Inc.

OPINION

Justice NEWMAN.

This matter arose as a result of the assignment by Eugene Hoaster Company, Inc. (Hoaster), of the employment agreement and covenant not to compete of Appellant, W. Lawrence Hess…