SPEAKERS OF SPORT V. PROSERV
178 F.3d 862 (7th Cir. 1999)
NATURE OF THE CASE: Speakers (P) sought review of a decision granting summary judgment to
Proserv (D) on P's claims for tortious interference with a business relationship.
FACTS: Rodriguez, a highly successful catcher with the Texas Rangers baseball team,
signed the first of several one-year contracts making P his agent. D invited Rodriguez to
its office in Washington and there promised that it would get him between $2 and $4 million
in endorsements if he signed with D--which he did, terminating his contract (which was
terminable at will) with P. D failed to obtain significant endorsements for Rodriguez and
after just one year he switched to another agent who the following year landed him a
five-year $42 million contract with the Rangers. P sued D charging that the promise of
endorsements that D had made was fraudulent and had induced him to terminate his contract
with P. D got summary judgment and P appealed.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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