CBS is barking back at a lawsuit from the cast of ‘Happy Days,’ saying that the cast mates have no case.
Many of the cast members from the hit series have sued CBS for breach of contract, after they failed to receive any payment for the use of their likeness on “Happy Days” merchandise that has been sold over the past couple of decades.
The actors claim that they were promised a 5% cut of profits if their image was used, and a 2.5% cut if their image was used in a group shot, but have yet to see a dime.
The studio has admitted that they owe each cast member somewhere around $9,000 but are now firing back with legal papers of their own.
The statement, obtained by CNN reads:
“Rather than simply seek what they are purportedly owed under their contracts, plaintiffs are attempting to generate a lucrative litigation windfall by riddling their complaint with unsupported and overreaching causes of action.
“(The actors) offer no basis for their vague allegation that defendants did not intend to pay merchandising royalties to plaintiffs at the time the parties entered into the agreements… Instead, all plaintiffs can allege is that defendants ultimately failed to pay, (which is) insufficient as a matter of law to show fraud.”
Surely a settlement is on the way here.
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