Entertainment & Sports
Oct. 12, 2012
Disney urges "Millionaire" reversal in 9th Circuit
Federal appellate judges called into question the stunning $269 million in damages a jury ordered The Walt Disney Co. to pay the creators of the hit game show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire," the biggest jury award so far in disputes over s
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Federal appellate judges in Pasadena on Wednesday called into question the stunning $269 million in damages a jury ordered The Walt Disney Co. to pay to the creators of the hit game show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire," though the court appeared to buy into the argument that the creators weren't given their fair share of the show's profits.
In a case that delivered the biggest jury awa...
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