Surprise settlement in 'Grace' case

April 27, 2007 "Will & Grace" creators Max Mutchnick and David Kohan have reached an out-of-court settlement with NBC Studios in their highly publicized profit participation trial. The surprising settlement Friday followed a roller-coaster day Thursday, which began with a $48.5 million verdict, which wasn't made public, and went through a motion for mistrial, a juror dismissal and tossing of the verdict. After an all-night negotiation, they emerged with an agreement Friday morning, minutes before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Warren Ettinger was to announce his decision to either grant the motion and declare a mistrial or send the case back to the jury with an alternate juror taking the place of removed foreman Dean Hartwell.

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