Word: trialing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lines of a bantam rooster. Some animation wizard--at Eisner's Disney or Katzenberg's DreamWorks--could build a clever scenario around the adventures of these two critters. But don't expect to see a cartoon version of Katzenberg's lawsuit against Disney anytime soon. A film about that trial, which had Hollywood adrool over a public brawl between two of the town's most potent moguls, would be a drama of rage and rancor. Call it An Uncivil Action...
Each side can be grateful it's over. Disney gets a public relations ogre off its back at a time when its fortunes are lagging. Also, it is spared the final phase of the trial, in which Eisner would have had to counter Katzenberg's estimate of future revenue by poor-mouthing the company's prospects. And Katzenberg gets a nice bundle--if not the $580 million he wanted. No dollar figure was disclosed, but the educated guess was around $250 million, including the $117 million Katzenberg has already received. The sum is to be paid within a year, giving...
...first phase of the Florida trial took eight months and involved more than 39,000 documents. But the plaintiffs' lawyers kept it simple. Cigarettes are addictive and dangerous, they told the jury. The industry has manipulated nicotine levels to make cigarettes more addictive, they argued, and misrepresented the risks. "This didn't require any grand or innovative legal strategy, because the facts about the industry's behavior were bad enough," says University of Miami law professor Clark Freshman...
...Florida, a California court awarded $26.5 million to a lung-cancer victim in February, and an Oregon court awarded $32.8 million to another cancer victim in March. The latest cases suggest the public may no longer be buying the industry's defenses. When a tobacco executive at the Florida trial tried to deny that cigarettes are harmful, one juror could be seen rolling her eyes. A legal system that for decades favored the cigarette companies may be kicking the habit...
Even that case--a 1997 challenge--ended in a settlement between the two parties after a week of trial testimony...