That's how much Judge David O. Carter is being asked to award the Van Nuys company in damages, restitution, attorney fees and other fees. The Mattel reps used phony business cards to pose as doll buyers. No towns were lost. MGA suffered no actual injury and did not even claim at trial that it did. This legal battle has been raging since catch up on the history in the original post on next page.
That was thrown out on appeal last year. The case returned before Judge David O. Carter in Santa Ana because his U. District Court jurisdiction includes Mattel's corporate offices in El Segundo. One prays Ken canceled his hair-frosting appointment to console a distraught Barbie.
But the two fitting the same description going before a judge at the Reagan today have achieved icon status without boob jobs, sugar daddies or Balboa Bay Club pool privileges.
Mattel Inc. Carter the two sides go. In the months leading up to the new trial, MGA has accused Mattel of destroying evidence and other legal misdeeds that Carter has already indicated the jury will not hear.
Meanwhile, toy-industry watchers say the Bratz line is not as hot as it was back in the day, that the legal fees to fight off Mattel have already left MGA crippled. OC Weekly Editor-in-Chief Matt Coker has been engaging, enraging and entertaining readers of newspapers, magazines and websites for decades. Your email address will not be published.
