Farm Credit Services of North Central Wisconsin, ACA v. Wysocki
Wisconsin Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtJon P. Wilcox, J.
¶ 1. This case presents two issues. The first issue is whether the restrictive covenant in David Wysocki's (Wysocki) 1983 employment agreement with Production Credit Association (PCA) of Wausau is void as a matter of law because the geographic area in which PCA of Wausau was authorized to conduct business was expanded through a 1986 merger. Because we find that the covenant not to compete here is narrowly tailored to a customer list and does not contemplate a geographic restriction, we rule that it is not per se invalid. Therefore, we remand the case to the circuit court to determine whether…
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