Akhter v. Shah

PRESIDING JUSTICE DOWNING

delivered the opinion of the court:

In this interlocutory appeal, plaintiffs Iqbal Akhter, M.D., and I. Akhter, M.D., S.C., claim that the trial court erroneously denied their motion for a preliminary injunction in which they sought to enforce a covenant not to compete contained in defendant, Sirish Shah, M.D.’s, employment contract.

Plaintiff Iqbal Akhter, M.D. (hereinafter referred to as plaintiff), is an internist-cardiologist who, in 1978, formed and became the sole owner of the professional corporation of plaintiff, I. Akhter, M.D., S.C. (hereinafter referred to as…