A Judicial Double Standard in Medical Employment Practices
Judge Curt Jacobus decision to stop a Brevard County Neurosurgeon, Dr. Januszewski, from seeing any patients living in Brevard and Indian River Counties irrespective of his practice location was meant to enforce a non-compete clause from a large Orthopedic Spine Practice, The B.A.C.K. Center (TBC). Non-compete clauses attempt to enforce a restrictive covenant in which a physician cannot practice his medical specialty for a limited time in a certain physical location. A physic