Breach of Contract

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Model/actress Shoshana Roberts made headlines awhile back when she made a video, titled “10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman”, to illustrate the issue of “street harassment”. In a recently-filed $500,000 lawsuit, she asserts against various defendants (including Rob Bliss Creative LLC, Hollaback! Inc., Google, and YouTube) the following claims: [Q]uantum meruit, breach of…

Read More Street Harassment Model Shoshana Roberts’ Lawsuit Against Google, Hollaback!, etc.
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In a lawsuit filed on May 6, 2015 in the Supreme Court of the State of New York and captioned Hayblum v. Life Alert Emergency Response, Inc. et al, plaintiff alleges that his former employer – the company known for its “Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” advertisements – subjected him to employment…

Read More Employment Discrimination Lawsuit Against the “I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up” Company
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In a March 6, 2015 decision, the New York Supreme Court recently dismissed “Dating Naked” contestant Jessie Nizewitz’s $10 million lawsuit against Viacom. In sum, plaintiff alleged that although defendants promised her “that all frontal and genital nudity would be blurred out when the show was broadcast”, defendants “did not blur out her vagina and…

Read More “Dating Naked” $10 Million Lawsuit Dismissed
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In Miron Properties, LLC v. Eberli (App. Div. March 10, 2015), a breach of contract/brokerage commission case, the Appellate Division, First Department affirmed summary judgment for defendant dismissing the complaint. In ruling for defendant, the court (tersely) stated: Defendants demonstrated that plaintiff was not entitled to a brokerage commission with respect to defendant limited liability…

Read More No Brokerage Commission Due Where Plaintiff Did Nothing to Procure Sale
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