Legal Opinion
Faigin v. Kelly & Carucci
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 19, 1999No. 20-1014PublishedCited by 165 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This is a tale of an American icon. Jim Kelly attained great celebrity during an illustrious professional football career. By his own admission, however, he did not handle his newfound fame and fortune as well as he handled a pigskin. Looking back, Kelly believed that his adjustment had been retarded by a cluster of agents who put their own financial interests ahead of his.
Eventually, Kelly rid himself of these subalterns and made different arrangements. When he thereafter penned his autobiography, he made no bones about his contempt for his former mentors. One of these…
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