Deck & Decker Personnel Consultants, Ltd. v. Pigg

Defendant-appellant (hereinafter referred to as employee) was enjoined from engaging in the employment agency business for a period of one year in a restricted area at the behest of plaintiff-respondent (hereinafter referred to as employer).

The injunctive relief granted, and from which employee appeals, represented enforcement of a covenant not to compete contained in a written contract of employment which was terminable at will by either party. Employee left employer’s hire after approximately three years service and set up her own employment agency.

Although the spatial and temporal…