Rojas-Buscaglia v. Taburno-Vasarhelyi

OPINION AND ORDER

BESOSA, District Judge.

At center stage in this civil suit is Ms. Michele TaburnoVasarely (“Vasarely”). Vasarely is the daughter-in-law of the famous “Op Art” artist Victor Vasarely. She married Victor Vasarely’s son, an artist known as Yvaral, in 1969. For three decades, Vasarely worked in France as an assistant to the two artists. She also took care of Victor Vasarely during his final years before he died in 1997. Over the decades, the two artists gave Vasarely artwork as payment for her assistance and also as gifts. This way, Vasarely accumulated a large and valuable…