Legal Opinion

Parikh v. Family Care Center, Inc.

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 2, 2007No. Record 060934PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*99 OPINION BY Chief Justice LEROY R. HASSELL, SR.

In this appeal, we consider whether a corporation, which is not a professional corporation, has a legitimate business interest in enforcing a covenant not to compete with its former employee, a licensed physician.

The Family Care Center, Inc., filed its amended motion for judgment against Nipun O. Parikh, M.D., alleging that Dr. Parikh, its former employee, breached a covenant not to compete with the Family Care Center. Dr. Parikh filed a motion to dismiss asserting that the Family Care Center is not a professional corporation, that it is not…

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