# Hess v. Gebhard & Co., Inc.

> Superior Court of Pennsylvania · March 2, 2001 · 2001 Pa. Super. 65

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9752245

## Case

- **Full name:** W. Lawrence HESS, Appellant, v. GEBHARD & CO. INC., and Eugene Hoaster Company, Inc., Appellees; W. Lawrence Hess, Appellee, v. Gebhard & Co. Inc., and Eugene Hoaster Company, Inc., Appellants
- **Court:** Superior Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** March 2, 2001
- **Citations:** 2001 Pa. Super. 65; 769 A.2d 1186; 2001 Pa. Super. LEXIS 201
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Elliott
- **Judges:** Popovich, Elliott, Brosky
- **Cited by:** 10 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Reversed on other grounds by Hess v. Gebhard & Co. Inc., 570 Pa. 148 (2002).
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9752245

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- recognizing the validity of a restrictive covenant which had been assigned by the former employer who had a continuing interest via the subsequent employer in enforcing the covenant

## Opinion text

FORD ELLIOTT, J.,
dissenting:
¶ 1 I respectfully dissent. I am unable to distinguish All-Pak, Inc. v. Johnston, 694 A.2d 347 (Pa.Super.1997), as does the majority.

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