Legal Opinion
Seroff v. Simon & Schuster, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 9, 1957PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbraham N. Geller, J.
This is an action in tort in the nature of libel brought by Victor Seroff, author of the biography “ Rachmaninoff ”, against Simon & Schuster, Inc., his publisher, for damage allegedly done to his reputation as an author resulting from a distorted French translation of his book.
While there are authorities, as indicated herein, regarding the rights of an author in connection with alleged distortion in a domestic publication, neither counsel has cited nor has the court’s independent research disclosed any authority dealing with the subject of a publisher’s obligation and liability as to…
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