Competing profits MacGyver the restart is one step closer to trial as an LA judge found a dispute over whether there was a “meeting of minds” in the mid-1980s that produced an enforceable agreement. suit the jury or not.
The 2018 suit stems from a television production deal in the mid-1980s involving actor and producer Henry Winkler, director and producer John Rich, Paramount and the previous Major Talent Agency. MacGyver series. After the series was rebooted in 2016, Hanzer Holdings and Arlita sued CBS claiming they received a share of the profits for the MTA’s work as a packaging agent related to the original 1985 series that Its successor cares.
In August, it filed a revised complaint, which CBS argued raised the question of whether there was a “meeting of minds” decades ago when it came to key terms in agreement or not. CBS in December filed a motion for summary judgment arguing that no agreement is enforceable “because there was never an offer and acceptance.” If the court refuses to enter a summary judgment on the plaintiffs’ breach of contract, CBS will ask them to consider a summary hearing on the “tagged” implied covenant breach claim.
Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis of the LA County Superior Court on Tuesday denied CBS’s motion. She filed the matter after a morning hearing, but delivered a ruling later in the day.
“CBS did not indicate that there were no material issues that could be resolved,” Duffy-Lewis found, adding that the plaintiffs presented “sufficient evidence to show that there were matter of interest on material events such as whether there is a contract and whether there is a meeting of minds. “
The testing period will now begin on April 18.
