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Jul. 8, 2010

Verdict: Disney Must Pay Production Company $269 Million

Verdict: Disney Must Pay Production Company $269 Million

By Jean-Luc Renault

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A federal jury in Riverside has found The Walt Disney Co. liable for $269 million in damages following a trial involving a dispute over profits from the game show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire."

The jury sided with Celador International, the British company that sued Disney and its television subsidiaries in 2004 after selling the studio the North American rights to the...

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