Fox did not steal the idea for its Kiefer Sutherland drama "Touch," a judge has ruled.
Judge William H. Pauley of U.S. District Court in New York on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit filed against Fox Entertainment Group, Peter Chernin, Chernin Entertainment, "Touch" creator Tim Kring and series star/executive producer Sutherland that alleged they had taken the concept for the series from writer Everette Hallford's work.
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Everette had claimed that "Touch" was lifted from his screenplay "Prodigy" and his novel "Visionary," saying that the series is "a remolecularized version" of the two works.