Legal Opinion
Scott Eden Management v. Kavovit
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 3, 1990PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Matthew F. Coppola, J.
In this case of first impression, an infant actor has disaffirmed a personal services contract. He thereby seeks to avoid *263responsibility to his manager for commissions due in the future on income from performance contracts already obtained for him by the manager.
The salient facts are not in dispute. In 1984, when defendant Andrew M. Kavovit was 12 years of age, he and his defendant parents entered into a contract with plaintiffs (Scott Eden) whereby Scott Eden became the exclusive personal manager to supervise and promote Andrew’s career in the…
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