Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission v. Insomniac, Inc.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs and appellants Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission (Commission) and Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Association (Association) appeal from a judgment and order of dismissal entered following the sustaining without leave to amend of demurrers by defendants and respondents Insomniac, Inc. (Insomniac), Pasquale Rotella (Rotella), Go Ventures, Inc. (Ventures), and Reza Gerami (Gerami). According to plaintiffs, the judgment and order of dismissal should be reversed because each of the causes of action as to which the demurrers were sustained stated facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action against defendants. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants, which or who promoted and staged music events at the Coliseum and other related venues, paid an employee of the Commission for services related to those music events and that such payments were inappropriate and not disclosed to plaintiffs. Plaintiffs’ causes of action related to these undisclosed arrangements between defendants and the employee.

Based on our de nova review of the operative complaints, we conclude that plaintiffs adequately stated causes of action under the conflicts of interest…