National Farmers Union Service Corp. v. Edwards

Plaintiff has appealed the final order of the district court which denied its petition for an injunction and for damages allegedly arising out of the violation by the defendant of a noncompete agreement. We affirm the judgment as modified.

The defendant, Bruce R. Edwards, entered into an employment contract in December of 1980 with the plaintiff, National Farmers Union Service Corporation, to sell insurance. By the terms of that contract Edwards was required to act as an exclusive agent of National Farmers in that he agreed not to “place any insurance of the types offered by INSURERS with any…