Nicoll v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.

The complaint in this action, containing eight separate causes of action in only two of which does the defendant Talent Associates, Ltd., appear as a party defendant, alleges in substance that the plaintiff originated, created and owned a plan for a series of television programs described in the complaint. After the plaintiff had disclosed this plan to two of the defendants and created a confidential relationship with the expectation that he would be compensated if such ideas were used, it is claimed that said defendants used such ideas in a series of television programs, thereby accepting…