Paul Robinson, Inc. v. Haege

Beasley, Chief Judge.

Paul Robinson, Inc., sued Haege, alleging violation of a non-competition covenant ancillary to an employment contract.

Robinson, which is engaged in the business of buying and selling decorative art, employed Haege as a salesperson. In the employment agreement, Haege agreed that during the term of the agreement and for a period of one year after its termination, he would not contact any customer or customers of Robinson whom he had called upon within the sales territory, for the purpose of selling decorative art in competition with Robinson. A prescient provision states…