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The Pitt lawsuit to move forward

"The Pitt" follows the medical staff and patients in a fast-paced hospital emergency room in Pittsburgh.

A judge is allowing the estate of Michael Crichton — the creator of hit television series "ER" — to pursue its lawsuit against Max's new medical drama "The Pitt." Both shows center around the personal and professional lives of fictionalized doctors, nurses and other medical staff working in hospital emergency rooms. "The Court finds that the evidence submitted by Plaintiffs meet the minimal merit standard to demonstrate at least a prima facie case that ‘The Pitt’ is derived from ‘ER,'" the judge wrote.

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