Marathon Entertainment v. Blasi 6/23/06 CA2/1

State: California

Court: 1st District Court of Appeal 1st District Court of Appeal

Docket No: B179819

Case Date: 09/20/2006

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE

MARATHON ENTERTAINMENT, INC., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ROSA BLASI et al., Defendants and Respondents.

B179819 (Super. Ct. No. BC 290839)

APPEAL from a judgment and orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Rolf M. Treu and James C. Chalfant, Judges. Judgment reversed and remanded with directions; July 29, 2004 order vacated in part, reversed in part; October 12, 2004 order vacated. ________ Law Offices of Donald V. Smiley and Donald V. Smiley; Fox & Spillane, Gerard P. Fox and Alex M. Weingarten for Plaintiff and Appellant. Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan, Michael J. Plonsker and Daniel A. Fiore for Defendants and Respondents Rosa Blasi and 609 Maple Street Productions, Inc. _________

In this fee dispute between plaintiff Marathon Entertainment, Inc. (Marathon), a personal manager, and defendant Rosa Blasi, an actress, we reverse the summary judgment for Blasi and remand for consideration of whether the lawful portions of the parties' personal management contract may be enforced under the doctrine of severability of contracts. INTRODUCTION Labor Code section 1700.51 of the Talent Agencies Act (Lab. Code,

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