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Article: Jordan wins movie breach of contract lawsuit; awarded $50,000.(Sports)(Brief Article)
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- November 2, 1998
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Not only did a Cook County (Chicago) jury rule in favor of basketball star Michael Jordan in a breach of contract lawsuit, it also awarded him $50,000.
After seven hours of deliberation, the jury rejected a $16 million lawsuit filed by Heaven Corp., producers of the 1991 movie, Heaven Is A Playground, that accused Jordan of breaking a deal to star in the 1991 basketball movie that flopped without him. The plaintiffs claimed Jordan had agreed to play the role of Matthew Lockhart in the movie. The low-budget film was set in Chicago and based on a book by the same name. It starred Loyola Marymount star and NBA player Bo Kimble as Lockhart.
Jordan won ...