MATTHEW GALLOWAY, M.D., AND GALLOWAY ORTHOPEDICS, LLC, APPELLANTS,
v.
ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALISTS, LLP, APPELLEE
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The appellate court affirmed the trial court's decision to deny a motion to dissolve a temporary injunction. The injunction was granted against a former employee accused of breaching restrictive covenants in his employment agreement. The court found no abuse of discretion in the trial court's ruling.
No, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion to dissolve the temporary injunction. The appellants failed to demonstrate grounds for dissolving the injunction.
[1] A trial court's ruling on a temporary injunction is reviewed for an abuse of discretion.
[2] A temporary injunction does not decide the merits of a case, as no full hearing has been conducted.
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In appeal number 2D15-5437, Dr. Matthew Galloway and Galloway Orthopedics, LLC, ask this court to reverse the’trial court’s order denying a motion to dissolve an ex parte temporary injunction. The injunction was entered against Dr. Galloway after his former employer, Orthopedic Specialists, LLC, sued him for breach of the restrictive covenants in his employment agreement. The only issue before us at this juncture is whether the trial court abused its discretion when it denied the motion to dissolve the injunction. See Thomas v. Osler Med., Inc., 963 So.2d 896, 899 (Fla. 5th DCA 2007) (stating the standard of review in determining whether a trial court properly refused to dissolve an injunction is abuse of discretion); Gold Coast Chem. Corp. v. Goldberg, 668 So.2d 326, 327 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996) (stating a trial court’s ruling on a temporary injunction is reviewed for an abuse'of discretion). Having reviewed the record in light of the arguments raised in this appeal, we conclude the appellants have failed to demonstrate that the trial court abused its discretion when it refused to dissolve the temporary injunction. Accordingly, we affirm the trial court’s order. We also affirm without discussion’ the contempt order challenged by appellants in appeal number 2D16-241.
In so ruling, we remind the parties and the trial court that “[a] temporary injunc*864tion does not decide the merits of a case; no full hearing has been conducted.” Gold Coast, 668 So.2d at 327. Neither the trial court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law nor our determination that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion to dissolve the injunction will be binding at a trial on the merits. See Univ. of Texas v. Camenisch, 451 U.S. 390, 395, 101 S.Ct. 1830, 68 L.Ed.2d 175 (1981); Klak v. Eagles’ Reserve Homeowners’ Ass’n., 862 So.2d 947, 952 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004); Hialeah, Inc. v. Calder Race Course, Inc., 620 So.2d 261, 262 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993).
Affirmed.
CRENSHAW and BLACK, JJ., Concur.
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