The WWE's defense team at K&L Gates and Day Pitney filed its final paperwork today. In the filing, the WWE lawyers asked a federal judge to ignore the wrestlers' claims and dismiss the case. The team's argument is simple: the wrestlers' contract explicitly says they are "independent contractors" who are not entitled to health coverage and other benefits, and that no claims the wrestlers (and their attorneys at the Stamford, Conn.-based boutique Silver, Golub & Teitell) make can trump those contracts.
"Plaintiffs cannot escape the clear language of the Booking Contracts," the motion says...More?
source: amlawdaily
December 22, 2008
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