Civil Litigation
May 6, 2020
Panel overturns most of $9.4M award to Quincy Jones, who sued Jackson estate
“Interpretation of the producer agreements was solely a judicial function, yet the trial court allowed the jury to perform that function and ultimately misinterpret the relevant terms,” said the 2nd District Court of Appeal panel.




A state appellate panel reversed most of the $9.4 million jury award producer Quincy Jones won in 2017 after suing Michael Jackson's estate alleging unpaid royalties.
Justice Judith Ashmann-Gerst, with concurring Justices Elwood Lui and Brian...
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