GEYER v. VARGAS PRODUCTIONS, INC.

No. 78-2294.

627 F.2d 732 (1980)

Lothar GEYER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. VARGAS PRODUCTIONS, INC. f/k/a Miller-Johnson Circus, Inc., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, John R. Bush, Claude H. Tison, Jr., Tampa, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Edward F. Gerace, Tampa, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEE and RANDALL, Circuit Judges, and LYNNE, District Judge.


RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

In 1973, Appellant, Vargas Productions, Incorporated (Vargas or "the circus"), entered into a contract with Appellee, Lothar Geyer, a circus performer who performs a hand-balancing act. By the contract, Vargas agreed to employ Geyer wherever the circus performed in 1975. Geyer was also employed by the circus in 1973, and in December of that year Vargas repudiated the 1975 contract because of a disagreement...

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