Care Medical Equipment, Inc. v. Baldwin

Plaintiff seeks reversal of the trial court’s award of attorney fees to defendant. Plaintiff brought an action against defendant for breach of a noncompetition agreement in defendant’s employment contract with plaintiff. The case was tried to a jury, and the jury found that the parties had not entered the noncompetition agreement in conjunction with a bona fide advancement under ORS 653.295 1 of defendant as an employee of plaintiff. Based on that finding, the court ruled that the noncompetition provision was void and unenforceable and dismissed plaintiffs claims. The court subsequently…