Kovarik v. American Family Insurance Group

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

American Family Mutual Insurance Company, American Standard Insurance Company of Wisconsin, and American Family Life Insurance Company (collectively American Family) appeal from a grant of summary judgment in- favor of American Family’s former agent, Kenneth J. Kovarik. Because we conclude that the contractual provisions in dispute are not an unlawful restraint of trade under North Dakota law, we reverse.

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Kovarik was an American Family insurance agent in North Dakota for over seventeen years. During his tenure at American Family, Kovarik’s employment relationship was…