Empiregas, Inc. of Ardmore v. Hardy

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Defendant Empiregas of Ardmore appeals from judgments based on adverse jury verdicts rendered in these two cases, which were consolidated for trial. The jury found that Empiregas wrongfully interfered with plaintiffs' employment opportunities. The jury found that Empiregas fraudulently induced plaintiffs Linda Gail Coffman and Vernon Hardy into signing employment contracts with non-competition clauses in them, and that, therefore, Empiregas could not legally…