Question: Eggers Consulting Co. employed Brad Moore as a personnel recruiter under an employment contract with a noncompete clause. Moore agreed not to compete in hiring data processing personnel in the continental United States for one year after leaving Eggers. Moore had concentrated on placements in the Midwest.
Within a year after leaving Eggers, Moore did compete in that field in South Dakota. When Moore sued Eggers for unpaid wages, Eggers alleged breach of the noncompete clause. Was the noncompete clause valid? [Moore v. Eggers Consulting Co., Inc., 562 N.W.2d 534 (Neb.)]