The wheels of progress can spin quite slowly in Hollywood and the rest of the entertainment industry, but they basically grind to a halt whenever lawsuits are involved. Former action star Chuck Norris knows about that lengthy process all too well, as he and his company Top Kick Productions filed a lawsuit back in 2018 against CBS and Sony Pictures over Walker, Texas Ranger profits and an alleged breach of contract, and it's only now in 2023 that the case has been concluded, if perhaps without a clear resolution.
The initial lawsuit, filed back in February 2018, sought a $30 million payday for Top Kick Productions, which alleged that CBS and Sony breached an agreed-upon contract clause that would have granted the company and Norris 23% of the profits earned from Walker, Texas Ranger being exploited in any way, from streaming deals to other forms of home entertainment, etc. The case went into arbitration in 2019, and Sony was dropped as a defendant in 2022, but not much has come out of it since then, at least until now.
