Legal Opinion
Olinick v. BMG ENTERTAINMENT
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 27, 2006No. B179478PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KLEIN, P. J.
Plaintiff and appellant Martin Olinick (Olinick) appeals an order granting a motion by defendants and respondents BMG Music (BMG) et al. to stay the action on the ground of inconvenient forum. (Code Civ. Proc., § 418.10.) The trial court stayed the action for six months, pending Olinick’s filing suit in New York.
The essential issues presented are whether the instant action is within the ambit of the employment agreement’s forum selection and choice of law provisions, which require this dispute to be tried in New York pursuant to New York law, and if so, whether those…
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