California Court of Appeal

Summary judgment in favor of defendant actress, in fee dispute between plaintiff personal manager and defendant, is reversed and remanded to determine whether the lawful portions of the parties' personal management contract may be enforced under the doctrine of severability of contracts.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/23/2006
• Published 06/23/2006

Judges

• ROTHSCHILD, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Law Offices of Donald V. Smiley and Donald V. Smiley;  Fox & Spillane, Gerard P. Fox and Alex M. Weingarten, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan, Michael J. Plonsker, and Daniel A. Fiore, Santa Monica, for Defendants and Respondents Rosa Blasi and 609 Maple Street Productions, Inc.