Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Harper Lee settling suit against Museum

USA Today reports:

To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee has settled the federal lawsuit she filed against the Monroe County Heritage Museum in Monroeville, Alabama, her hometown, over its sale of souvenirs featuring her name and the title of her book, court documents show.

An attorney for Harper Lee filed a motion Tuesday in federal court in Mobile saying Lee had reached an agreement with the Monroe County Heritage Museum in Monroeville.

The settlement notice came days after a judge refused to dismiss the lawsuit, filed last fall, that said the museum uses Lee's name and the title of her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel without compensating her.

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