Interactive Multimedia Artists, Inc. v. SUPERIOR CT. OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY

Opinion

EPSTEIN, J.

Petitioner, Interactive Multimedia Artists, Inc. (IMA), entered into a subscription and stockholders agreement (Agreement) which included a choice of law provision selecting Delaware law. The trial court found the choice of law provision enforceable, and applying Delaware law, struck IMA’s request for a jury trial on a breach of fiduciary claim by which IMA sought monetary damages. Petitioner sought our intervention on the jury trial issue. We granted an alternative writ and stayed trial court proceedings, in order to consider whether IMA is entitled to a jury trial. We…