Legal Opinion
Torbett v. Wheeling Dollar Savings & Trust Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided February 17, 1984No. 15594PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARSHBARGER, Justice.
Catherine Torbett sued her former employer, Wheeling Dollar Savings & Trust Company, in Ohio County Circuit Court for a declaratory judgment that a not-to-compete restrictive covenant in her employ-, ment contract was unreasonable, and for damages. The case was tried to the court and to an advisory jury1 that answered special interrogatories, finding consideration for the covenant,2 but that its restriction was unreasonable; and that awarded Torbett $35,000 for lost income. The trial judge agreed, and on September 1, 1981, found facts and a legal conclusion, and entered…
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