Granite Buick GMC, Inc. v. Ray

ZINTER, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Adam Ray worked for Granite Buick GMC (Granite Buick), and Scott Hanna worked for McKie Ford Lincoln (McKie Ford). Ray and Hanna signed noncompete agreements during the course of their employments. When the two started their own automobile dealership, Granite Buick and McKie Ford moved for injunctions to enforce the agreements. The cases were consolidated, and the circuit court bifurcated the proceedings. The court impaneled a jury to determine Ray’s and Hanna’s affirmative defenses, and it ruled that it would determine the right to injunctive relief after the jury…