Stocker Hinge Mfg. Co. v. Darnel Industries, Inc.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDBERG

delivered the opinion of the court:

In this interlocutory appeal, Stocker Hinge Mfg. Co. (plaintiff), seeks to reverse an order denying plaintiff a preliminary injunction against defendants Darnel Industries, Inc. (Darnel), Samuel A. Hoffman (Hoffman) and S & S Hinge Company (S & S).

In its brief, plaintiff urges that the trial judge erred in holding an employment contract between plaintiff and Hoffman void on the ground that its noncompetition provision was too broad; the trial court erred in failing to find that a provision in the employment agreement for…