Judgment Reversed For Travel Company In Suit Over Employee’s Competing Franchise

Mealey's (April 25, 2018, 1:54 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on April 23 found that there were numerous disputes of material fact and partially reversed a trial court’s summary judgment ruling in a multifaceted dispute between a travel company and a former employee and her husband who opened a travel company franchise (Karen D’Onofrio v. Vacation Publications, Incorporated v. Michael D’Onofrio, No. 16-20628, 5th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 10353)....