Andrea Hull, a former employee of Epic Systems subsidiary Boost Inc., has filed suit against the electronic medical records company over its noncompete agreements, according to an Aug. 6 report by Wisconsin Public Radio.
The suit, filed in late July in a federal court in California, claims Epic’s enforcement of the noncompete and related employment restrictions violate California state law.
Hull, who now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, worked for the Wisconsin-based Epic for 11 years, most recently working remotely for the Boost Inc.
She now works for a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories, and the lawsuit claims Epic has used provisions in her noncompete agreement to restrict her ability to perform her new job.
An Epic spokesperson said the noncompete provisions in Epic employee agreements do not apply to its California employees.
“Epic did not prevent Abbott from hiring Andrea, and we have never asked Abbott to terminate her employment,” the statement read. “As indicated in her complaint, she is employed at Abbott today.”
