Legal Opinion
Ericson v. Playgirl, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 3, 1977No. Civ. 50636PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FLEMING, Acting P. J.
Were damages awarded here for breach of contract speculative and conjectural, or were they clearly ascertainable and reasonably certain, both in nature and in origin?
The breach of contract arose from the following circumstances: plaintiff John Ericson, in order to boost his career as an actor, agreed that defendant Playgirl, Inc. could publish without compensation as the centerfold of its January 1974 issue of Playgirl photographs of Ericson posing naked at Lion Country Safari. No immediate career boost to Ericson resulted from the publication. In April 1974…
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