Virginia Hauf v. Life Extension Foundation

OPINION

THOMAS L. LUDINGTON, District Judge.

Virginia Hauf, the mother of a child diagnosed with brain cancer, purchased shark cartilage supplements from the Life Extension Foundation. Several years later, Hauf contacted the Foundation and offered to endorse its products. The Foundation sent her a proposed “Testimonial” and a “Standard Release of Testimonials & Photos.” Hauf revised the proposed testimonial and returned it to the Foundation. She also signed and returned the release, which provides that Hauf grants the Foundation the “irrevocable right” to use her “name (or any fictional name)”…