Millard Maintenance Service Co. v. Bernero

After an evidentiary hearing, Judge Thomas J. O’Brien entered a preliminary injunction on December 18, 1989, enjoining defendant, George Bernero, from using or disclosing certain confidential information belonging to plaintiff, and from contacting or soliciting plaintiff’s customers. However, defendant was not prohibited from seeking contracts with parties who were not plaintiff’s current customers or who were not serviced by plaintiff on the day he left plaintiff’s employ. This is an interlocutory appeal brought pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 307(a) (107 Ill. 2d R. 307(a)).

On appeal,…