Peace v. Conway

In this appeal from a judgment for an employer in an action for tortious interference with contracts, we consider whether former employees’ acts of soliciting the business of their former employer’s customers constitute “improper methods.”

Hugh A. Conway, Jr., trading as Apollo Hair Systems, began to operate a hair replacement business in 1978. He obtained a franchise from a hair replacement company that conducts business nationally. Conway sold hair replacement units to customers. The units, ordered from Conway’s franchisor, were designed to match the color and texture of die customers’…