Hollywood Fantasy Corporation v. Gabor

Hollywood Fantasy Corporation (plaintiff), which had previously run one money-losing fantasy vacation package, contracted with Zsa Zsa Gabor (defendant) to appear in a new Texas package, but Gabor cancelled without the contractually permitted excuse of a film opportunity, prompting Hollywood to cancel the event and eventually shut down. Hollywood sued for breach of contract and fraud, seeking $250,000 in lost vacation-package profits, $1,000,000 in lost profits from a hoped-for television series, $200,000 in lost company investments, and $57,500 in actual expenses tied to the Texas event; the jury awarded $100,000 for breach (and separately for fraud, later set aside for insufficient evidence), and Gabor appealed the breach award.