Woodward Ins., Inc. v. White

2 Citing cases

  1. Woodward Ins., Inc. v. White

    437 N.E.2d 59 (Ind. 1982)   Cited 73 times
    Recognizing employer is entitled to protect business goodwill including secret or confidential information such as customers' names, addresses and requirements and the business advantage acquired through salesman's customer contacts, but not the skill the employee acquires or the general knowledge or information he obtains not directly related to goodwill or value of business

    The Court of Appeals, First District, affirmed the decision of the trial court. Woodward Ins., Inc. v. White, (1981) Ind. App., 425 N.E.2d 258. The questions presented for our review are whether the trial court properly entered summary judgment in finding that the covenant not to compete contained in the stock purchase offer to White was void and unenforceable, and also whether the insurance company's customer information constitutes trade secrets and confidential information, thereby making use of such information by a former employee constitute unfair competition.

  2. Young v. Van Zandt

    449 N.E.2d 300 (Ind. Ct. App. 1983)   Cited 33 times
    Holding covenant was not enforceable because "no language in the covenant . . . may be stricken in order to remedy this deficiency"

    Because the covenant is unreasonable as applied to the facts of this case and incapable of redaction, we hold that the covenant is unenforceable, as a matter of law, and the trial court erred, therefore, in upholding the terms of the covenant. We note for the benefit of appellants' counsel that our decision in Woodward Insurance, Inc. v. White, (1981) Ind. App., 425 N.E.2d 258 was vacated by our supreme court at 437 N.E.2d 59 on July 19, 1982. The appellants' brief was filed April 13, 1983.