Section 24 Healthcare Services of the Ozarks, Inc. v. Copeland

• Library: Employer-Employee Law 2008

In Healthcare Services of the Ozarks, Inc. v. Copeland, 198 S.W.3d 604 (Mo. banc 2006), employees signed a noncompete agreement limiting their competitive activity after employment for 2 years and within 100 miles. After 2 employees left, they recruited the employees who used to work for them. Those employees, and their patients, began leaving the old employer for the employees’ new employer.

The employer sued for breach of contract, alleging violation of the covenant not to compete. The trial court...