Waverly Scott Kaffaga v. Thomas Steinbeck et al

Filing 342

AMENDED JUDGMENT by Judge Terry J. Hatter, Jr: It is Ordered, Adjudged, and Decreed that judgment be, and hereby is, Entered in favor of Plaintiff Waverly Scott Kaffaga, as Executor of the Estate of Elaine Steinbeck, in accordance with the jurys ver dict, as follows: A. $1,000,000.00 against Defendant Thomas Steinbeck for intentional interference with Plaintiffs prospective economic relationship with Universal/Imagine regarding East of Eden; B. $500,000.00 against Defendant Gail Steinb eck for intentional interference with Plaintiff' s prospective econmnic relationship with Universal/Iniagin regarding East of Eden;C. $500,000.00 against Defendant The Palladin Group, Inc. for intentionalinterference with Plaintiff's p rospective economic relationship with Universal/Image regarding East of Eden ; D. $325,000.00 against Defendant Thomas Steinbeck for intentional interference with Plaintiff's prospective economic relationship with DreamWorks Pictures re garding The Grapes of Wrath;E. $162,500.00 against Defendant Gail Steinbeck for intentional interferencewith Plaintiff's prospective economic relationship with Drean1Works Pictures regarding The Grapes of Wrath; F. $162,500.00 against Defendant The Palladin Group, Inc. for intentional interference with Plaintiff's prospective economnic relationship with DreamWorks Pictures regarding The Grapes of Wrath; G. $1,300,000.00 against Defendanst Thomas Steinbeck, Gail St einbeck, and The Palladin Group, Inc., jointly and severally, for breach of contract; H. $1,300,000.00 against Defendants Thomas Steinbeck, Gail Steinbeck, and The Palladin Group, Inc., jointly and severally, for slander of title as to the entire catalogue of John Steinbeck's works. Plaintiff shall recover reasonable costs in accordance with Fed.R.Civ.P 54, 28 UC Sect 1920 and :pca; Ri;e 54-1.in favor of Waverly Scott Kaffaga against The Palladin Group Inc, Gail Knight Steinbeck, Thomas Steinbeck Related to: Judgment,,,, 321 (shb)

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United States District Court
Central District of California
Western Division

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WAVERLY SCOTT KAFFAGA, as
executor of the Estate of Elaine
Steinbeck,

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CV 14-08699 TJH (FFMx)

Plaintiff,

Amended

v.

Judgment

THE ESTATE OF THOMAS
STEINBECK, et al.,
Defendants.

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Pursuant to the mandate from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in this matter,

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this Court hereby amends the previously entered judgment to eliminate the jury’s award

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of punitive damages.

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It is Ordered, Adjudged, and Decreed that judgment be, and hereby is,

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Entered in favor of Plaintiff Waverly Scott Kaffaga, as Executor of the Estate of Elaine

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Steinbeck, in accordance with the jury’s verdict, as follows:

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A.

$1,000,000.00 against Defendant Thomas Steinbeck for intentional

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interference with Plaintiff’s prospective economic relationship with

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Universal/Imagine regarding East of Eden;
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