Washington Square Institute for Psychotherapy & Mental Health, Inc. v. Speciner

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Herman Cahn, J.), entered April 20, 1998, which, in an action by a psychotherapy institute against a former employee for damages caused by breach of a restrictive covenant, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, granted plaintiffs cross motion for summary judgment as to liability, and directed an assessment of damages, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The restrictive covenant in issue, which merely prohibits defendant from treating patients introduced to her by plaintiff for a period of one year after termination of…