Lamp v. American Prosthetics, Inc.

LARSON, Justice.

Roger A. Lamp, a former employee of American Prosthetics, Inc., brought a declaratory judgment action to resolve the question of the enforceability of a restrictive covenant in his employment contract. The district court held the covenant was unenforceable and, on appeal, the court of appeals affirmed. On further review, we also affirm.

Lamp’s contract of employment, as manager of American Prosthetics’ Mason City office, contained a covenant not to compete with the employer within 100 miles of any of its Iowa offices. Because of the relatively large number of offices in Iowa,…