Office Electronics, Inc. v. Adell

Plaintiff, Office Electronics, Inc. (OEI), appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County denying OEI’s motion for preliminary injunction. OEI sought the preliminary injunction to enforce a noncompetition agreement against defendant Jani L. Adell, a former salesperson for OEI. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The record on appeal reveals the following facts. On September 14, 1990, plaintiff OEI filed a verified complaint seeking to enjoin defendant Adell from soliciting business from 88 customers listed in an attachment to the complaint. In the…