Wyatt v. Dishong

PRESIDING JUSTICE WELCH

delivered the opinion of the court:

The parties to this litigation are engaged in the practice of chiropractic in Olney. Defendant Jerry Dishong was associated with plaintiffs Louis A. Wyatt and Wyatt Chiropractic Clinic, Ltd. (Wyatt Clinic). In late September and early October 1983, the defendant left that employment and opened his own office. The plaintiffs then sought injunctive relief in the circuit court of Richland County, based-on a covenant not to compete in defendant’s employment contract. The court granted a preliminary injunction preventing the defendant from…