Porter Industries, Inc. v. Higgins

BERMAN, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals the trial court’s denial of a motion for preliminary injunction for defendant’s alleged violation of a covenant not to compete with plaintiff. We affirm.

Plaintiff (employer) is a janitorial services contractor for commercial buildings in Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland, Boulder, and Estes Park, Colorado. On November 11, 1980, employer entered into an employment contract with defendant (employee) which provided that employee was “to oversee, manage, and maintain all existing contracts of employer for [janitorial] services.”

The contract also included a…