Capricorn Systems, Inc. v. Pednekar

Eldridge, Judge.

Capricorn Systems, Inc., employer/plaintiff, sued Dinesh Pednekar, employee/defendant, for breach of an employment contract that required the computer consultant to either complete a job assignment or provide one month’s minimum notice prior to voluntary termination of employment and provided for $50,000 in liquidated damages. In addition to the unenforceable liquidated damages provision, the contract also contained two unenforceable restrictive covenants that were void. However, the contract contained a sever-ability clause that allowed the other contract terms to survive.…