![]() He jumped aboard but looked unsteady, so a guard on the car reached out to help him as another guard, on the platform, pus As a train began to leave the station, a man carrying a package ran to catch it. ![]() > Helen Palsgraf was waiting on a railroad platform. The fraternity’s officers knew that the majority of its members were under the legal drinking age, but they permitted everyone > At the University of Arizona, the Epsilon Epsilon chapter of Delta Tau Delta fraternity gave a welcoming party for new members. Despite their care, they both became victims They destroyed mail that contained sensitive data and avoided uploading any such information online. > Juana Curry and William Moore, customers of AvMed Insurance, took care to protect their private information. About 30 minutes later, she felt intense abdominal pain, which did not go away. During the event, she feasted on fancy appetizers. > Cornell professor Joan Jacobs Brumberg attended a university fundraiser catered by Cipriani. Anthony Nguyen and Rachael Truong went for a ride on Anthony’s Polaris watercraft. The weather was fair and visibility good. > On a warm California day, there were about 30 personal water craft (jet skis) operating on Coyote Lake. So Chase and Baer could have agreed, say, that Baer would be compensated in an amount equal to the average paid for screenwriting services for the pilots of the three most popular HBO television serials within the previous two years? Does that mean the parties must specify a dollar amount in the contract for its terms to be definite? g. How does the court arrive at its decision? f. Why doesn’t the court try to arrive at a method of fair compensation? d. The trial court could hear evidence about what others who’ve made similar creative contributions to television shows are paid, or hear expert testimony from people in the business about the customary payment for services similar to Baer’s. There are methods to determine what fair compensation would be. Then why does the court rule in favor of Chase and let him avoid payment? c. Chase said he would “take care of” Baer and pay him “in a manner commensurate with the true value of his services.” Don’t those statements show Chase’s intent to compensate Baer? b. There is no proof the parties agreed on how, how much, where, or for what period Chase would compensate Baer, the value of Baer’s services, how the “success” of The Sopranos would be measured, how profits were defined, or the duration of the contract. New Jersey law does not support Baer’s argument that “submission-of-idea” cases create an exception to these rules. A definite duration for the contract is also essential under New Jersey law. In the absence of an agreement as to the manner or method of determining compensation the purported agreement is invalid. A contract lacking a definite price may still be enforceable if the parties specify a practicable method by which they can determine the amount. New Jersey law deems the amount of compensation an essential term of any contract. Issue: Was Chase’s promise definite enough to be enforced? Holding: Judgment for Chase affirmed. ![]() After The Sopranos became a hit show Baer sued Chase, alleging that on three separate occasions Chase had agreed that if the program succeeded, Chase would “take care of” Baer, and would “remunerate Baer in a manner commensurate to the true value of his services.” The District Court dismissed the case, holding that the alleged promises were too vague to be enforced. After returning to Los Angeles Chase wrote and sent Baer a draft for The Sopranos’ pilot, which Baer commented on. Baer also met with Tony Spirito, who gave Chase colorful background information about the local mafia. Baer arranged meetings for Chase with local detectives and prosecutors, who provided Chase with information about their experiences with organized crime and showed him various New Jersey locations. ![]() ![]() Baer didn’t know that Chase was pursuing a similar idea. Robert Baer, a prosecutor in New Jersey interested in writing for television, met Chase and pitched his own idea for a television series about the New Jersey mafia. He became interested in a new program, set in New Jersey, about a “mob boss in therapy,” a concept he eventually developed into The Sopranos. David Chase was a television writer-producer with many credits, including a detective series called The Rockford Files. ![]()
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