Streetscenes v. ITC Entertainment Group, Inc.

Opinion

MUNOZ, J.*

A movie production company hires an executive to look for projects, with the movie production company having the right of “first refusal” as to any projects the executive finds. The producer is housed in the movie production offices and has all of the trappings of an executive producer of the company. When the producer finds investors for a movie, he promises millions in profits and then proceeds to fraudulently convert over $1 million from those investors.

At trial, the movie production company disavows the executive producer’s actions and claims he was an independent…