Dr Herron signed an employment contract with Dr Stringer tha

Dr. Herron signed an employment contract with Dr. Stringer that included a covenant not to compete within a 15-mile radius of the three veterinary offices if he left his employment. When he left, he filed suit to rescind the contract. Discuss whether a court would enforce this provision of the contract, or not, and why.

Solution

A restriction from practicing within 15 mile radius of the Employer\'s office might be enforceble in a rural area because there are limited number of people within that region.

But the same restriction might be unenforceble in an urban area because it is restricting the Doctor from giving the treatment to the thousands of potential people and also there exists other medical practices.