Opinion ID: 1654936
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Text: This is a consolidated appeal from a judgment that denied Healthcare Services of the Ozarks, Inc., d/b/a Oxford Healthcare (Oxford) recovery of damages on breach of contract claims in separate actions brought against former employees Pearl Walker Copeland and LuAnn Helms. The judgment, however, granted Oxford injunctive relief to enforce covenants not to compete executed by Copeland and Helms. The judgment also denied separate counterclaims by Copeland and Helms against Oxford that sought damages for tortious interference with business relationships with their new employer ASA Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a Integrity Home Care (Integrity), and a declaration that the covenants not to compete were unenforceable. The judgment is affirmed in part and reversed in part, and the case is remanded.