Ladder Now LLC v. Hancock Roofing Constr. LLC

The Court dismissed the appeal of the denial of the defendants' motions to dismiss a suit for lack of personal jurisdiction, because there was no independent basis for direct appeal after the Supreme Court had determined that the sole directly appealable issue was moot.

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Hancock Roofing Construction, LLC Hancock commenced this action in November 2014 against 54 former employees and independent contractors, alleging they breached restrictive covenants not to compete when they went to work for two of Hancock’s competitors, Ladder Now, LLC, and Trinity Inspections, LLC. Hancock also sued those two competitors and three of their individual owners or managers. Hancock sought injunctive relief and damages for the breach of the restrictive covenants.

Most of the defendants lived and worked outside Georgia and moved to dismiss the action against them based on lack of personal jurisdiction. On January 9, 2015, the trial court held a hearing on that issue and Hancock’s request for an interlocutory injunction, and on January 23, 2015, the trial court denied the defendants’ motions to dismiss and entered an interlocutory injunction for Hancock. Almost all the provisions of the injunction were limited to one year after each enjoined party’s last day working for Hancock. Ladder Now, LLC, and Trinity Inspections, LLC, and their individual owners or managers, were enjoined from inducing any of the other defendants to breach the restrictive covenants. The defendant/appellants filed companion direct appeals with this Court, seeking to overturn the interlocutory injunction and the trial court’s denial of their motions to dismiss.

Ladder Now LLC v. Hancock Roofing Constr. LLC

The Court dismissed the appeal of the denial of the defendants' motions to dismiss a suit for lack of personal jurisdiction, because there was no independent basis for direct appeal after the Supreme Court had determined that the sole directly appealable issue was moot.

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