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Civil Litigation
Sep. 7, 2017
Steinbeck’s heir dealt sour grapes
Jury tells author’s daughter-in-law to stop blocking films.
LOS ANGELES — Studios may now safely move forward on their best laid plans for “Of Mice and Men.”
A federal jury ruled Tuesday that Gail Knight Steinbeck, the widow of John Steinbeck’s son, must pay $13.15 million in damages for interfering with film projects based on Steinbeck’s works planned by the inheritors of his estate. The plaintiffs hope the ruling will allow projects held up by the decades-long family conflict to finally mov...
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