Sumner Redstone Trial: Judge Rules To Dismiss Health Care Dispute

by Dominic Patten

May 9, 2016 8:35am

(UPDATE with new lawsuit and statements from attorney and Shari Redstone:) The trial over who controls Sumner Redstone’s heath care is over, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled today, pulling the plug on the proceedings.  After receiving requested briefs over the weekend from attorneys for the media mogul’s ex-companion Manuela Herzer and Redstone’s reps (read them here & here), the tentative ruling this morning by Judge David Cowan to grant the motion to dismiss from lawyers for the former Viacom and CBS boss comes after just one full day of trial on Friday.

Read more: http://deadline.com/2016/05/sumner-redstone-trial-health-care-lawsuit-dismissal-motion-viacom-1201751342/