Grubaugh v. Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n

OPINION

FENDER, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order by the trial court granting a temporary injunction enforcing a covenant not to compete in an employment contract.

Appellant was an insurance salesman for appellee, Texas Employers’ Insurance Association (TEIA). As a condition of employment, when he began working in 1976, appellant signed a covenant not to compete. The covenant provided that upon termination of the employment relationship, appellant would not compete in any manner with appellee for a period of two years within Tarrant County. In the spring of 1983, appellant left his…