Legal Opinion
Falmouth Ob-Gyn Associates, Inc. v. Abisla
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 28, 1994PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
The plaintiff, Falmouth Ob-Gyn Associates, Inc., a professional corporation, brought suit in the Superior Court claiming that the defendant, Richard C. Abisla, a physician, formerly an employee of the plaintiff, had violated a covenant not to compete contained in his employment contract. The defendant moved for dismissal of the complaint for failure to state claims on which relief could be granted, see Mass. R. Civ. P. 12 (b) (6), 365 Mass. 754 (1974), on the basis that G. L. c. 112, § 12X, inserted by St. 1977, c. 762, 2 bars inclusion of a covenant not to compete like the one in his…
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