Rash v. Toccoa Clinic Medical Associates

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• observing, under the former law, that contracts in general restraint of trade are unenforceable as contrary to public policy
• restrictive covenant not void as against public policy because it limited patients’ choice of physician within geographical area
• the Supreme Court of Georgia distinguished an employment agreement from the partnership agreement it considered
• restrictive covenant enforceable because doctor could serve former patients if treatment took place outside twenty-five-mile limit
• “It is the policy of this state to uphold and protect valid contractual rights and obligations.”
• “It is the policy of this state to uphold and protect valid contractual rights and obligations.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).