Qis, Inc. v. Industrial Quality Control, Inc.

Plaintiff appeals by leave granted from the trial court’s order granting defendants’ summary disposition motion. We affirm. This case arose when a manager for plaintiff called together certain union employees, the individual defendants1 here, and informed them that he would withhold their paychecks until they either signed a noncompete agreement or refused. The manager also explained that refusal would result in termination. The defendants signed the agreement. After they stopped working for plaintiff, however, they arguably violated the written agreement by starting a new business, the…