Heyde Companies, Inc. v. Dove Healthcare, LLC

¶ 1. Dove Healthcare, LLC, appeals a judgment awarding damages and costs in the amount of $64,314.43 to Heyde Companies, Inc., for breach of a no-hire contract provision. Dove is a health care provider that operates nursing homes. Heyde Companies owns Greenbriar, which furnishes physical therapists to nursing homes. Dove argues that the trial court erred by determining that the no-hire provision was enforceable. Dove contends that the no-hire provision was an unreasonable restraint of free trade because Greenbriar's employees had no knowledge of the provision and had not signed any covenants…