Entertainment & Sports
Jan. 3, 2013
Appeals court rules in 'Sahara' battle
In the latest skirmish in a long and high-profile legal battle between production company Crusader Entertainment, LLC and novelist Clive Cussler, the 2nd District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's award of interest and costs to Crusader.




By Blake Edwards
Daily Journal Staff Writer
In the latest skirmish in a long and high-profile legal battle between production company Crusader Entertainment, LLC and novelist Clive Cussler, the 2nd District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's award of interest and costs to Crusader. In 2005, Crusader produced "Sahara," a movie adaptation of one of Cussler's novels. The film flopped at the box office, losing more than $78 million. Cussler sued, and Crusader countercl...
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