Southern Electronics Distributors, Inc. v. Marsh

Pope, Presiding Judge.

After Charles Marsh left the employ of Southern Electronics Distributors, Inc. (“SED”) and began working for one of SED’s competitors, SED sued Marsh for violating several restrictive covenants Marsh had executed. Subsequently, SED and Marsh settled the lawsuit. When Marsh began working for another one of SED’s competitors, however, SED filed a second lawsuit against Marsh. In his answer to this second lawsuit, Marsh asserted a counterclaim in which he contended that SED had tortiously interfered with his business relationships and had breached a release provision…