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Sep 7, 2017 · Waverly Scott Kaffaga, stepdaughter of author John Steinbeck, leaving federal court in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday. (Brian Melley / AP) “We are pleased with the jury’s verdict that...
When Elaine Steinbeck died in 2003, she left her daughter as executor of the estate. In 2017, a federal jury in Los Angeles awarded Waverly Scott Kaffaga more than $13 million in a lawsuit claiming the author's son and daughter-in-law impeded film adaptations of his classic works.
Sep 11, 2019 · The decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday delivered partial victories to the late author’s stepdaughter, Waverly Scott Kaffaga, and to Gail Steinbeck, the widow of his son, Thomas.
Sep 12, 2019 · A federal appeals court attempted to close the book on endless litigation between the relatives of author John Steinbeck in a ruling that upheld a $5 million verdict against his daughter-in-law but threw out $8 million she faced in punitive damages. The decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday delivered partial victories to ...
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Sep 6, 2017 · Jurors on Tuesday found in favor of Waverly Scott Kaffaga, who had alleged that long-running litigation over Steinbeck's estate prevented her from making the most of his copyrights at a time...
Oct 7, 2020 · When Elaine Steinbeck died in 2003, her daughter, Waverly Scott Kaffaga, inherited the estate. This immediately prompted Thomas Steinbeck and Blake Smyle, Steinbeck’s granddaughter to sue the estate arguing they had been deprived of their right to profit from the elder Steinbeck’s intellectual property.
