Legal Opinion
HIXSON AUTOPLEX OF ALEXANDRIA, INC. v. Lewis
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 1, 2009No. 08-1142PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMY, Judge.
liAn employer and employee entered into a non-competition agreement. The employee was terminated and began to work for a competing company. The employer sought to enforce the non-competition agreement. The trial court, finding one provision invalid on the grounds of it being contrary to public policy, severed the offending provision and enforced the remaining two provisions of the agreement. The employer appeals, contending that the trial court erred by retroactively applying a substantive change to the pertinent statute. For the following reasons, we affirm in part and reverse in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Herff Jones, Inc. v. GirouardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2007
- Hooper v. HooperLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2006
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