Jenkins Brick Company, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant v. John E. Bremer, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee, Aaa Spec Block, Inc.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

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Jenkins Brick Company (“Jenkins Brick”) contemplated the idea of expanding its Alabama-based operations into the Savannah, Georgia area. .John Bremer, a Savannah native who had spent many years working in the brick business that his family owned since 1914, proved to be an ideal candidate to help Jenkins Brick facilitate this expansion. Bremer and Jenkins Brick united on March 31, 1997, when Jenkins Brick hired Bremer to sell brick and block throughout the sales territory that consisted of a fifty-mile radius around Savannah.

In January 1998, a non-compete agreement was…