Legal Opinion
Orkin Exterminating Co. v. Walker
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 19, 1983No. 39712PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Justice.
This case concerns the validity of restrictive covenants in employment contracts.
The appellees, William Walker and Auren Mitchell, worked for the appellant, Orkin Exterminating Co. (Orkin), for about twenty years. Mitchell spent his entire career working out of Orkin’s Augusta, Ga. office. He held a series of positions, including termite treater and pest control routeman. Walker worked in various cities before becoming branch manager of the Augusta, Ga. office in 1972.
Walker and Mitchell signed identical employment contracts. Paragraph 5 of each contract contains a restrictive…
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