Browning-Ferris Industries of Florida, Inc. v. Manzella

WARNER, Judge.

Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI) appeals the trial court’s order dissolving a temporary injunction entered in its favor enforcing a noncompete clause between appellee, Man-zella, and Industrial Waste Service, Inc. (IWS), whose parent company, Attwoods pic (Attwoods), was acquired by BFI. The non-compete agreement was part of the sale of assets of Manzella’s business, Seacoast Sanitation (Seacoast), to IWS. The trial court dissolved the injunction based upon a settlement agreement between BFI and the State of Florida in a federal lawsuit in which BFI agreed not to enforce…