Iacono v. Lyons

ORDER ON CONTINUING ABATEMENT

This is a dispute over gambling proceeds. Mary Iacono, the appellant, sued Carolyn Lyons for breach of an oral contract to split the money they won during a gambling trip to Las Vegas. The appellant also sued International Gaming Technology (IGT), the owner of Caesar’s Palace, for paying the proceeds to Lyons.

Lyons filed a motion for summary judgment based on the statute of frauds, and the trial court signed an order granting the motion for partial summary judgment on June 21, 1999. The next day, the appellant filed a nonsuit as to IGT. The trial court did not…