Breach of Restrictive Employment Covenants • Award of Punitive Damages • Gist of the Action • Compensatory Damages Based on Both Lost Profits and Diminution of Value
B.G. Balmer & Co., Inc. v. Frank Crystal & Co., Inc., PICS Case No. 16-1155 (Pa. Super. Sept. 9, 2016) Stabile, J. (29 pages).
The trial court did not abuse its discretion in awarding punitive damages for breach of restrictive employment covenants where the trial court found outrageous conduct in appellants’ conspiracy to set up a separate business in competition with their employer. Judgment affirmed.
