Legal Opinion
Abel v. Fox
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided August 17, 1995No. 4-95-0014PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE KNECHT
delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiff Debbie Abel, d/b/a Tidy House Cleaning Service (Tidy House), appeals the trial court’s grant of defendant Debra Banghart Fox’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint. We reverse and remand.
Defendant, a former at-will employee of Tidy House, signed a covenant not to compete with Tidy House sometime during her employment with it in 1990. The covenant stated upon termination of her employment with Tidy House, she would not compete with it for three years within a 75-mile radius of Busey Bank in Urbana, Illinois. The covenant…
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