Freightquote sues ex-workers, says they took away customers - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Freightquote claims in a suit filed April 11 that the employeez of its Rockwell Transportationn Services LLC subsidiary eschewed their contractua obligations to stay away from a list of competing hiredLisa Walker, Jonathan Darrow and Jennifer Countiss after they resigned in shorg order from Rockwell between Februargy and March, the suit Freightquote.com is suing BAH Expressw as well, claiming it violated a motor carrier agreement with which indicated neither company would solicit the other's The lawsuit claims the actions have cost Frieghtquote more than several thousand dollars, but an attorney for the company said an exacr amount won't be known until after depositions are "It's in the early discovery stages, and we'll probably have a bettefr handle on this 30 days down the road," said Daniell Herrington, a lawyer with .
Gordojn Gee, a Seigfreid Bingham Levy Selzer Gee PC lawyer representingthe defendants, didn't returjn calls for comment. Part of the case may hingse on what law applies to the employeeesin question. Does Kansas law apply to the employeesbecausse it's a Kansas company in question? Or will Georgia law apply to them becaused the subsidiary's office is there? Tim an employment lawyer with , said that although Kansas and Missour i enforce noncompete agreements, Georgia does not. "Georgia generally does not enforce noncompete agreements between employerzsand employees," Davis said.
The case was originallyh filed in Johnson County District Court but has sincer been removed tothe U.S. District Court of Kansas. In the answer to the complaint, filed in federal courtf on May 13, they deny that their work agreement makesz their legal case exclusive toKansas jurisdictions.