Court Grants Relief to WWE, but Leaves Intact Some of Wrestler Widow’s Other Claims

A federal judge from the District of Connecticut has dismissed, in part, the lawsuit of the widow of wrestler Owen Hart, who sued World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and its CEOs, Vince and Linda McMahon, after the defendants used Hart’s image without her permission long after the wrestler died in a accident in 1999.   The judge dismissed the portion of plaintiff Martha Hart’s lawsuit that applied to the McMahons, but left mostly intact her suit against WWE, alleging unpaid royalties. &