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Breach of an implied-in-fact contract
- Spinner filed suit in July 2009 for breach of an implied-in-fact contract. He alleged the contract was created when ABC solicited the 1977 script, he submitted the script with the reasonable expectation of payment if ABC used it, ABC accepted it knowing that he expected payment, and ABC used it.
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P laintiff Anthony Spinner brought suit against ABC asserting a Desny claim for breach of an implied contract, alleging that ABC used his idea, contained in a script he submitted to them in 1977, to develop and produce the hit television show Lost.
Anthony Spinner brings this “idea submission” lawsuit against American Broadcasting Company, Inc. (ABC) for ABC‟s alleged use of his ideas in creating and developing the hit television series LOST.
Jul 15, 2009 · Killing off a main character. Has Spinner seen Grey's Anatomy, or Desperate Housewives, or even Ugly Betty? Because considering this impressive list of original concepts, I'm pretty sure he...
May 29, 2013 · In 2009, Anthony Spinner, a television producer, writer and former studio executive brought an “idea submission” lawsuit against the American Broadcasting Company, Inc. (“ABC”) claiming that it used his ideas to develop the hit television series “Lost”.
In 2009, Spinner sued ABC, alleging breach of an implied-in-fact contract created when ABC solicited the 1977 script. The district court entered summary judgment in favor of ABC, and Spinner appealed.
The lawsuit centered on Anthony Spinner’s allegations that an implied-in-fact contract was created when he submitted scripts to ABC in 1977, 1991 and 1994 (although Spinner’s 1991 and 1994 scripts dealt with a spaceship crash, which he admitted were not substantially similar to LOST).
Jul 14, 2009 · Anthony Spinner, a television producer whose credits include Baretta and Babes in Toyland, is suing ABC and Touchtone Television with the claim that he created the tv show Lost 32 years ago.
