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· 9/16/1986

Mattison v. Johnston

Citations

  • 730 P.2d 286
  • 152 Ariz. 109
  • 1986 Ariz. App. LEXIS 642

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that “the continued employment[ 7 ] of a terminable-at-will employee is sufficient consideration to support a restrictive covenant executed by the employee more than two years after commencement of employment”
  • finding that the implied promise of employment and continued employment were sufficient consideration for the employee's agreement to a restrictive covenant
  • finding continued 28 employment in an at-will relationship sufficient consideration for a restrictive covenant
  • where employment continued after signing of noncompetition agreement until employee left her job, implied promise of employment plus continued employment provided sufficient consideration for agreement
  • although there is authority to contrary, most jurisdictions have found that continued employment is sufficient consideration to support restrictive covenant executed after at-will employment has begun

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Judges: Eubank, Jacobson, Froeb

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