Thompson v. C&C Research & Development, LLC

The plaintiff, Jenny Thompson, appeals a decision of the Superior Court (Nadeau, J.) concluding: (1) that no legally enforceable merger or asset purchase agreement occurred between the defendants; (2) that the record was devoid of evidence of any misappropriation of Thompson’s name and likeness; and (3) that defendant Pure Distributors, Inc. (Pure) is exclusively responsible for the judgment in this case. We affirm.

The trial court found the following relevant facts. In 1998, Thompson, a former Olympic gold medal swimmer, and Matthew Freese, President and CEO of Pure, entered into an…