Product Action International, Inc. v. Mero
United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
277 F.Supp.2d 919 (2003)
Relevant factsFree
Salesman Carl Mero (defendant) signed a PAI-drafted (plaintiff) noncompete agreement barring him for 24 months from engaging with any business that did business with a PAI customer, within 100 miles of any PAI facility, or in any state or country where PAI did or planned to do business; after Mero took a similar sales role at a nearby competitor and contacted former PAI customers, PAI sued to enforce the agreement, proposing edits to narrow its scope.
IssueFree
Whether a non-competition covenant is enforceable if it lacks reasonable limits in terms of the customers or geographic area to which it applies.