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Settlement Approved In Suit Against AFTRA

By Bill Holland, Washington, D.C.
Publication: Billboard Bulletin
Date: Thursday, December 5 2002
A U.S. District Court judge in Atlanta yesterday approved the $8.5 million settlement that was negotiated in October over a lawsuit involving recording artists' health and pension benefits from the funds of the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists (Bulletin, Oct. 18).

The suit was brought in 1993 by soul legend Sam Moore and 14 other artists, who charged that the AFTRA Funds had failed to keep accurate records of their benefits. The judge's approval of the settlement paves the way for thousands of other unnamed artists to file similar claims in the future.

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