Vencor, Incorporated v. David O. Webb

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Yencor, Incorporated sought to enjoin a former employee, David 0. Webb, who had served as an assistant administrator of finance at one of the company’s hospitals, from working for one of Vencor’s chief competitors, Transitional Hospital Corporation (THC). The district court denied Vencor’s motion for a preliminary injunction, finding the covenant not to compete unreasonable, and therefore unenforceable. Vencor now appeals.

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Vencor is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Louisville, Kentucky. It owns and operates twenty-six hospitals, most of…