Ceramic & Metal Coatings Corp. v. Hizer

Andrews, Presiding Judge.

Ceramic & Metal Coatings Corporation (CMC) appeals from the trial court’s order denying its request for injunctive relief and granting defendant James Hizer’s motion for partial summary judgment. The issue on appeal is whether the trial court correctly determined that the restrictive covenant not to compete contained in Hizer’s employment agreement with CMC was overbroad and therefore unenforceable. Because we agree that the noncompete clause was overbroad as to territory and scope of activities, we affirm.

This case arose when Hizer quit his job as a sales…