AMF TUBOSCOPE v. McBryde

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

AMF Tuboscope, Inc., appeals from the denial of a temporary injunction against E. Ray McBryde and Kent Turner to enforce a noncompetition covenant in their employment contracts. The trial judge’s conclusions of law indicate that it was denied on the basis that “(i) Plaintiff has failed to prove irreparable injury and a need for protection, and (ii) the hardship to Defendant McBryde (and Turner) outweighs the possible danger to Tuboscope.”

The parties executed an employment agreement that contained a noncompetition covenant that, in the event of termination of…