Neither side would disclose the settlement amount. But lawyers and their associates intimate with the 1994 suit tell GlobeSt.com on condition of anonymity the settlement number is $50 million.
That amount is about one-fifth of the $240 million jury award All Pro won in August 2000 and which was upheld by an Orlando Circuit Court judge in November of that year. All Pro had initially sought $1.4 billion.
Disney was appealing the $240 million judgment at Florida's 5th District Court of Appeal in Daytona Beach, FL when the settlement was announced Tuesday.
Both sides are under a confidentiality gag order against discussing the settlement details. The settlement amount does not have to be formally recorded but will be sealed in an envelope attached to the official case file, deputy court clerks tell GlobeSt.com."That's routine procedure in cases such as this," a deputy tells GlobeSt.com. "If anyone breaks that seal while reviewing the case, they would be in deep trouble."
All Pro principals Nicholas Stracick and architect Edward Russell met with Disney officials in 1988 and disclosed their concept for the five-football-field complex, their suit alleges. Disney technicians acknowledge having met with Stracick and Russell but deny using their blueprints for the five-year-old venture.
Wide World of Sports has not yet been profitable, Disney officials maintain in published accounts of the athletic campus.
The complex has a 3,000-sf weight room and classroom space but no dormitory quarters. Tampa Bay Buccaneers trained at Wide World of Sports in July of this year
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