Birmingham Television Corp. v. DeRamus

The trial court found a non-competition agreement valid and enforceable and enjoined defendants and their employees from doing business with plaintiff's customers for the six-month term of the agreement. One dollar damage for breach of the contract and $5,000 punitive damages were awarded in favor of the plaintiff and against both defendants. Defendants filed a motion to have the judgment reconsidered. Pending a ruling on that motion, plaintiff's petition for a rule nisi, alleging that the injunction had been violated, was denied. Within thirty days of the original order, the court vacated…