SSM Consulting LLC v CTI Teksource LLC

SSM Consulting LLC v CTI Teksource LLC 2013 NY Slip Op 08118 Decided on December 5, 2013 Appellate Division, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on December 5, 2013
Tom, J.P., Friedman, Renwick, Feinman, Clark, JJ. 11256-
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[*1]SSM Consulting LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v

CTI Teksource LLC, et al., Defendants-Respondents.



CTI Teksource LLC, et al., Plaintiffs-Respondents,

v

CTI Teksource I Inc., etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants.




Cardillo & Corbett, New York (Tulio R. Prieto of counsel), for
appellants.
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, New York (Anthony
Galano, III of counsel), for respondents.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Bernard J. Fried, J.), entered June 1, 2012, to the extent that it denied the motion for summary judgment of defendants CTI Teksource I Inc., Steven Tucker and SSM Consulting, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The motion court properly found the exception to the non-compete clauses ambiguous (see Greenfield v Philles Records, 98 NY2d 562, 569-570 [2002]). Given the ambiguity, there are issues of fact as to the specific conduct defendant Tucker was prohibited from engaging in and whether his conduct was impermissibly competitive or de minimis.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER
OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

ENTERED: DECEMBER 5, 2013

CLERK