Entertainment & Arts
Walt Disney Co. must pay $240 million to two men who accused executives of the world’s No. 2 media company of stealing their idea for a sports-theme amusement park, a Florida jury found.
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Jurors began deliberating Thursday in a $1.5-billion civil lawsuit, filed in Florida circuit court in Orlando, that accuses Walt Disney Co. of stealing the idea for a sports-theme attraction.
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Walt Disney Co. reached a settlement with two businessmen awarded $240 million by a jury that decided the company stole their idea for its Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World.
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