Is anyone good with contract law and agency that can help?
This is a problem i need to figure out..
The Parties, appearing pro se, complain, counterclaim and cross-claim upon information and belief, that all relevant times, as follows:
1. Each agent is suing every other agent (i.e., the other three parties) and the principal. Supply the reasons and amount at trial.
2. The principals (i.e., Mrs. Claypool, NY Opera Co., Lassparri and Baroni) have agreed to allow the winning arguments brought by the agents to decide their own liability to each other and their agents.
3. The agreed upon facts are as follows, not including what you learned and discussed ath your negotiation.
• Day 1 through 6 takes place on the movie “Marx Brothers: Night at the Opera” -1935
Day one: Mrs, Claypool, a rich woman, asks Driftwood to place her in society. Driftwood, agrees in return for an agreed upon salary ($10/day).
Day Two: Gottlieb, the director of the NY Opera Co., asks Lassparri to sing for the NT Opera Co. Lassparri, an obnoxious tenor, agrees to sing if he is paid $1,000 per night.
Day Three: Driftwood asks Mrs. Claypool at a private dinner to give $200,000 to the NY Opera Co. Mrs. Claypool agrees.
Day Four: Gottlieb introduces himself as the director of the NY Opera Co., explains about Lassparri’s demand and asks Mrs. Claypool to pay the $1,000 per night.
Mrs. Claypool agrees.
Day Five: Fiorello, offers to negotiate Baroni a singing contract with NY Opera Co.
Baroni, a wonderful tenor, agrees.
Day Six: Driftwood tries to sign up Lassparri for the NY Opera Co. by negotiating with Fiorello.
Fiorello tries to get Baroni a contract with the NY Opera Co. by negotiating with Driftwood.
Driftwood and Fiorello immediately rescind whatever they produced by their negotiations.
No one was made aware of what they did on this day..until now
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Day 7 is not from the movie
Day Seven: Driftwood and Fiorello return with a new team to negotiate with new authority as follows:
These instructions were given to both sides before the contract was made:
Instructions to Lassparri and Baroni: Lassparri wants to negotiate 10-15 nights at $1000/night. Baroni and Lasspari will split the total contract value 20-80, Baroni will the understudy.
Instructions to Mrs. Claypool and A representative of the NY Opera Co.:
Mrs. Claypool has given NY Opera Co. $10,000 to negotiate for 8-12 concert dates from Lassparri. Team Driftwood has authority to represent the NY Opera Co.
After the 2 sides met up, this contract was created, agreed upon and signed by all 4 participants.
Contract:
1. The singer gets paid $900 per performance.
2. The agent gets 10% of the singers salary, agent is paid in the same manner and on the same pay schedule as the singer.
3. Singer must complete 10 concerts during “Big Buttons” season, all 4 Friday evenings, all 4 Saturday evenings, plus the first and last Saturday matinee.
4. Singer may not transfer his/her duties to anyone under any circumstances.
5. Singer must be punctual, perform as scheduled, and may not perform while intoxicated.
6. This contract is voidable should an act of God occur that would hinder the singer’s performance. Unreasonable discharge results in penalty: still get paid full salary of 10 performances.
7. Singer may not perform for any other opera company or record label while employed by the New York Opera Company.
8. Singer must appear at all public relations events, international and domestic, as required by the New York Opera Company.
9. This contract is void should the singer publicly humiliate the and/or reputation of the New York Opera Company in any way, including but not limited to committing a crime, getting arrested, public indecency, and making slanderous and/or discriminatory remarks. The New York Opera Company is not liable for the singers tortuous behavior.
10. The New York Opera Company will provide food and water for the singer on performance days. As well as 2 free tickets for friends/family of singer for each performance.
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Day Eight: Mrs. Claypool’s $10,000 check bounces. She wires $5000 to the NY Opera Co. and refuses phone calls after that. She mistakenly believed that only 5 concert dates matched up on the calendars – when actually 6 do!
What went wrong?
Day X: The 1st scheduled concert date is cancelled due to Global Warming and is rescheduled by the NY Opera Co. to a date not previously negotiated as an alternative – “Tomorrow”.
Day Y: Notwithstanding the 1st cancelled date, Lasspari performed at every other concert date, except two: once when he was sick, and the second time to go on a tour of a corn factory.
NY Opera Co. does not act to obtain a substitute singer.
Day Z: Baroni never attends any concert date and suggests that NY Opera Co. NY Opera Co. does not act to obtain any substitute singer.
Today: Notwithstanding Mrs. Claypool’s initial $5,000, no one has paid anyone anything,…yet.
Baroni, You must respectfully request a judgment be entered on the causes of action proven for compensatory, incidental and punitive damages according to proof; and such other further relief to this court seems just and proper.
Who do I, (Baroni) sue? ..to get the most money out of the deal?.. based on all that has happened I do not want to lose.

