![]() And Judge Baer didn’t buy Leslie’s reasoning. Getting to judgment rarely happens.īut Augstein didn’t give up. This type of legal fancy footwork isn’t uncommon, and in past cases involving the enforceability of unilateral contracts, it has caused headaches for plaintiffs. He proposed that the alleged offer was not for “property,” but instead for “intellectual property.” He argued that a reasonable person would have understood mention of a reward not as a unilateral contract, but instead as an “advertisement,” an invitation to negotiate.Īnd failing that argument, Leslie argued that it wasn’t the laptop per se that he wanted, but rather unreleased multitrack songs on the laptop, which he said came back to him ruined. Leslie attempted to make the case that when he used the word “offer,” that he really meant something different. On October 17, New York federal judge Howard Baer rejected Leslie’s best defenses in a summary judgment. ![]() The $1 million jury award came after a few hours of jury deliberations, but his fate was probably sealed by a judge last month. Now, a jury has held him to that offer, ordering him to pay plaintiff and auto repair shop owner Armin Augstein for finding his laptop. PHOTOS: Crazy Cases! 18 of Hollywood’s Outrageous Entertainment Lawsuits ![]()
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