LOS ANGELES – A Chatsworth beauty products manufacturer alleges a Miami, Florida resident intentionally sold product to resellers and/or online in violation of their agreement.
Mazal Group LLC filed a complaint on Sept. 5 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against Gad Abeckaser and Does 1-10 alleging breach of contract and other counts.
According to the complaint, the parties entered into an agreement for the licensing and right to sell the Vine Vera, Beauty Frizz, Bionyx and Venofye brand products in April and that the defendants agreed to sell the products according to the agreement.
The suit states the plaintiff's employees discovered the products were being sold online and it traced the serial and batch numbers back to the defendants' inventory. The plaintiff alleges the defendants violated the agreement by selling the products to resellers or indirectly selling them online in an unauthorized manner
The plaintiff holds Abeckaser and Does 1-10 responsible because the defendants allegedly breached written agreement by intentionally selling online, directly or indirectly, rather than end-users as required.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks judgment against the defendants for damages, liquidated damages in an amount no less than $100,000, general and consequential damages, injunctive relief, costs of suit, and further relief as the court deems just. It is represented by Nima Farboody in Chatsworth.
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California case number 2:18-cv-07731