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Entertainment & Sports

Mar. 1, 2012

Actress' suit one of rising number of wrongful termination cases

Hollywood actors' contracts include language to protect creative decisions like writing a character off a show. But plaintiffs' lawyers in a wrongful termination trial this week are making a different argument.


By Erica E. Phillips


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - It hasn't been uncommon during the eight seasons of ABC's dark comedy "Desperate Housewives" for characters to die unexpectedly. But when actress Nicollette Sheridan's character, Edie Britt, was killed off in the last episode of the show's fifth season, she didn't take it well.


Soon after her departure, Sheridan sued show creator Marc Cherry and product...

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