Smart Corp. v. Grider
Indiana Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERTSON, Judge.
Smart Corporation appeals the summary judgment entered in favor of its former employee, Kathy Grider, in Grider's action for declaratory judgment that the noncompetition provisions of the parties' written Employment Agreement were unenforceable. We reverse, restating the dispositive issue involved as follows:
whether the blue pencil doctrine operates to delete the overly broad restriction regarding the geographic scope of the non-competition provisions leaving the reasonable restrictions of the agreement enforceable?
FACTS
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