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Showing posts with label lawsuit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lawsuit. Show all posts

Thursday, February 05, 2015

Tuesday, April 19, 2011


HAPPY DAYS SUES PARAMOUNT OVER $10 MILLION LOST WAGES

Alex Ben Block said the cast of the classic sitcom Happy Days isn t too happy with CBS
Studios and Paramount Pictures, charging in a lawsuit that they have
not been paid for their share of years of home video releases and
licensed merchandise that used their images and voices. The plaintiffs
say they are owed at least $10 million plus interest and possibly
damages.


The suit was brought Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court by Anson
Williams, Marion Ross, Don Most, Erin Moran and Patricia Bosley, who
is executor of the will of her husband the late Tom Bosley.
Ron Howard and Henry Winkler, also stars of the iconic show, are not
part of the suit.


Happy Days epitomizes what is best in America, says the opening
salvo of the lawsuit, adding that the actions by CBS and Paramount
epitomize what is worst in corporate America, exemplifying the worst
business practices.


The show originally ran on ABC from 1974 until 1984 and has been a
staple in TV syndication and on various cable outlets since. It was
originally produced by Paramount, but after a corporate split in 2005
became part of CBS Studios.


The suit apparently was triggered after a former cast member saw their
images on slot machines at a casino. They had also watched as the show
was repackaged for at least four DVD release in box sets beginning in
2004, again with their pictures on the boxes and in show photographs
used inside, according to the complaint.


The suit says CBS continues to market the brand to merchandisers,
quoting the CBS Consumer Products website as saying that Happy Days
has strong purchase-intent among women 18-54 and men 18-34. CBS also
sells related merchandise online with pictures of the cast on
everything from mugs to T-shirts.


All those included in the suit say they had different salaries but the
same contracts when it came to merchandising. Each was to receive a
portion of net proceeds after the studio took 50% off the top as its
handling fee, a practice the suit now questions.


This handling fee, charges the lawsuit, regardless of actual handling
costs violates defendants business conduct statement and constitutes a
material breach of the implied covenant of good fair and fair deal in
the agreement.


The suit says that beginning in 2002, Moran (who played Joani
Cunningham on the series) contacted the studio to see if she was owed
money for merchandising but was told none was owed. They say they had
no way to know the truth and only acted after seeing Happy Days slot
machines in casinos.


The suit says the failure to pay breached their contracts and that
CBS/Paramount is guilty of oppression, fraud and malice." The cast
believes it is entitled to punitive damages as well as at least $10
million in money they believe they are owed plus interest. They are
also seeking to be repaid for their legal costs in bringing the suit.


On the show Williams played Warren Potsie Weber, Ross was the mom
Marion Cunningham, Most was Ralph Malph, Moran was Joanie and Bosley
was the father, Howard Cunningham.


In a statement, a spokesperson for CBS Consumer Products responded:
We agree that funds are owed to the actors and have been working with
them for quite some time to resolve the issue."


Matthew Belloni also contributed to this article.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010


FINALLY SOMEONE SUES- THAT LYING,BIGOTED,BASTARD GREG HOUSE,MD!


A former, yet courageous ex-House employee "has filed a lawsuit against
the show." He claims that because "he didn’t go along with what he
calls the 'degenerate conduct' of his bosses." Carl
Jones, an assistant prop master, was fired because of alleged "drugs, sex and homophobia were rampant on-set."


The million dollar lawsuit charges, Jones "was harassed by two of his employers for
refusing 'visits to strip bars, participation in getting drunk, stoned
or intoxicated on cocaine, to participate in sexual conduct at the
trailer, and other dangerous conduct.'”
Disgustingly, Jones states that "he and
other co-workers" were often called “fags, pussies, bitches,
slaves, dummies, retards and idiots.”


Next, He recalled "one of his superiors brought a gun to the set
on multiple occasions." He also saw one of "his bosses get drunk on
tequila while throwing a knife at a target on set.”


The TV property manager, attempted repeatedly to reveal "the abuse to one of House’s
co-executive producers, but was ignored." Since being fired, he's
become highly depressive and sustained "a physical injury as a
result of the aforementioned incidents." Universal Pictures, which
produces hot medical drama/comedy, gave "no comment."

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Thursday, February 26, 2009

GOD SUED FOR DRIVING MISHAP

GHOSTBUSTERS 3 WILL HAPPEN (NO TMNT FULL CGI B.S.) AND E. RACHEL WOOD DATES SATANIC, ROSE MCGOWAN'S EX.

Monday, October 20, 2008


DENNIS MILLER IS A HOMOPHOBIC A-HOLE (BUT LIBERALS ALREADY KNEW THAT.)

A POPCORN STORIES EXCLUSIVE!

Last year, at a showing of the smash hit American Gangster, (in the rich man's mecca- Santa Monica,CA) a man minding his own business- when he could clearly evil Republican turncoat: Dennis Miller, in the crowd. After the trailer for the miserable bomb, Jumper finished- the man commented verbally to himself, "I can't follow that one." This began with Miller and the crowd, a weird reaction to sci-fi film with people in his general area of the audience and caused them to laugh heartily.

After the grand Denzel Washington/Russel Crowe/Carla Cugino/Ridley Scott directed epic finished. The innocent man stood to join the audience in cheers of the artistic triumph. The scummy, uncompassionate Conservative breezed passed him and remarked
"We all know that you're gay!" and laughed his trademark ignorant geek chortle and left.

The man didn't even know the unfunny, "Wrong",Grizzly Adams looking comic, who career has virtually died since being cancelled from his former, liberal leaning,HBO talk fest and has failed in all TV gigs since then. The bigoted MC retreated back, to his obscure, conservative disinformation radio talk program.

Later.