Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: The Pitt and ER are similar enough for Michael Crichton’s widow’s lawsuit to proceed, court rules

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Court finds ‘clear and numerous similarities’ between two medical dramas, allowing lawsuit by ER creator’s widow Sherri to go to jury trial in 2027The Pitt is similar enough to ER to allow Michael Crichton’s widow to pursue a long-running lawsuit over the award-winning medical drama, a US appeals court has ruled.In <a href="https://www4.courts.ca.gov/opinions/nonpub/B344915.PDF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">a unanimous opinion</a> filed on Wednesday, a three-judge panel denied an appeal from Warner Bros Television (WBTV), which has argued for two years that the shows are unrelated. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/nov/05/tv-the-pitt-er-michael-crichton-widow-lawsuit-to-proceed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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