Opinion ID: 852486
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Heading: Threatened Injury and Potential Harm

Text: A court may issue injunctive relief only when the threatened injury to the moving party (here CIP) outweighs the potential harm to the nonmoving party (Krueger) resulting from the granting of an injunction. Apple Glen Crossing, LLC v. Trademark Retail, Inc., 784 N.E.2d 484, 487 (Ind.2003) (citing Ind. Family & Soc. Servs. Admin. v. Walgreen, 769 N.E.2d 158, 161 (Ind.2002)). Krueger claims that injunctive relief will harm him in two ways. First, Krueger testified that he has lived in Indianapolis since 1977, and it would be difficult for him to leave the area to practice podiatry elsewhere. He also estimated that opening a practice from scratch elsewhere would cost approximately $75,000 plus rent and supplies. There is nothing in the record discussing the availability of employment with another clinic as a means of avoiding this investment. Because we have blue penciled his agreement the first issue is minimized. And the second is not an expense, but merely an investment in a presumably profitable enterprise. On the other hand, if CIP is not granted injunctive relief, it is denied the benefit of its agreement. We think this balance tips in favor of enforcing the agreement by injunctive relief.