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POITIER v. AM. BROAD. COS., INC.

61 A.D.2d 905 (1978)

Sidney Poitier, Respondent, v. American Broadcast Companies, Inc., et al., Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

March 9, 1978

Plaintiff sues American Broadcast Companies (ABC) for breach of an express oral contract calling for him to play the featured role in a movie to be produced by ABC. The action was commenced in 1971. Plaintiff filed a note of issue and statement of readiness in 1976, after the completion of pretrial discovery proceedings. Trial was scheduled for November, 1977, but on May 19, 1977, plaintiff moved for leave to amend the complaint to assert new causes of action, ex contractu...

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