Movies and TvShows featuring "nuisance-lawsuit" theme.

In New Orleans, Celeste Wood takes a gun manufacturer to court for her husband's death. Jury consultant Rankin Fitch uses illegal practices to manipulate the jury. Juror Nicholas Easter has a hidden agenda with his girlfriend Marlee to offer Fitch the verdict he wants for a price. Fitch orders Easter's apartment raided, but Marlee counters by getting one of Fitch's jurors removed. The cat and mouse game continues as Marlee raises her price and Fitch's witness blows up on the stand. Easter asks jurors to review the case, and Fitch pays Marlee the ransom. The gun manufacturer is found liable and Fitch is confronted by Easter and Marlee. Eventually, the $15 million ransom will go to the town of Gardner, Indiana.

The film was commissioned in 1988 by Leonard Stern as the first of a series on celebrity businessmen and finished in 1991. Back then, the only way for a film to be seen was on television or in the theater. Donald threatened to sue any broadcaster or distributor that took on the film. In effect, it was suppressed. It was screened twice in back-to-back standing room only showings at the Bridgehampton Community House on July 3, 1991, the same day that Donald announced his engagement to Marla Maples.