CORBELLO v. DeVITO

No. 2:08-CV-00867-RCJ.

844 F.Supp.2d 1136 (2012)

Donna CORBELLO, Plaintiff, v. Thomas Gaetano DeVITO et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Nevada.

January 31, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory H. Guillot, Gregory H. Guillot, PC, Dallas, TX, George L. Paul, Robert H. McKirgan, Lewis and Roca LLP, Phoenix, AZ, John L. Krieger, Lewis and Roca LLP, Las Vegas, NV, for Plaintiff.

Booker T. Evans, Jr., Greenberg Traurig LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Christopher David Johnsen, Lawrence B. Hancock, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Christopher B. Payne, Houston, TX, Daniel M. Mayeda, Abigail A. Jones, Leopold Petrich & Smith, P.C., Los Angeles, CA, David S. Korzenik, New York, NY, Eric W. Swanis, Alma Chao, Greenberg Traurig, Samuel S. Lionel, Maximiliano D. Couvillier, III, Todd E. Kennedy, Lionel, Sawyer & Collins, Las Vegas, NV, for Defendants.


ORDER

ROBERT C. JONES, District Judge.

This case arises out of alleged copyright infringement. Plaintiff Donna Corbello is the widow and heir of Rex Woodard, who assisted Defendant Thomas Gaetano "Tommy" DeVito in writing his unpublished autobiography (the "Work"). Plaintiff alleges that DeVito and others wrongfully appropriated the Work to develop the screenplay for Jersey Boys, a hit musical based on the band The Four Seasons that has played...

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