Burk v. Heritage Food Service Equipment, Inc.

OPINION

BAKER, Judge

For the first time we address, under the Indiana Blacklisting statute, a former employee’s claim against an employer who unsuccessfully sought to enforce a noncom-petition agreement. Further, no Indiana court has addressed any claim under the Blacklisting statute since our supreme court in 1904. This opinion examines, among other things, the statute’s protective reach regarding both litigant standing and redressable harm. Moreover, we are called upon to revisit the complexities of restrictive covenants in employment agreements.

Appellants-defendants and cross-appellees…