Brown and Brown, Inc. v. Patrick Mudron

              No. 3--06--0908
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Filed March 11, 2008
IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS
THIRD DISTRICT
A.D., 2008
BROWN AND BROWN, INC., ) Appeal from the Circuit Court
a Florida Corporation, ) of the 12th Judicial Circuit,
) Will County, Illinois
Plaintiff-Appellant, )
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v. ))
No. 03-CH-1363
PATRICK MUDRON and CORNOLO )
AND THOMPSON, LTD., an Illinois )
Corporation, ))
Honorable
Defendants (Diane Gunderson, ) Herman S. Haase,
Defendant-Appellee). ) Judge, Presiding.
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JUSTICE CARTER delivered the opinion of the court:
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Plaintiff, Brown & Brown, Inc. (Brown), filed a breach of contract claim against defendant,
Diane Gunderson, a former employee, alleging that Gunderson had violated the restrictive covenant
contained in her employment agreement with Brown. After extensive discovery, the trial court
granted summary judgment for Gunderson. Brown appeals and argues that issues of material fact
preclude a grant of summary judgment. We affirm.
FACTS
Brown is a Florida corporation that provides insurance services. In 2002, Brown purchased
the John Manner Insurance Agency (JMI) in Joliet. Gunderson was a customer service
representative at JMI and had worked there since 1997. As part of the purchase, Gunderson and all