1. Judge Dismisses Suit Over 'The Hurt Locker'.
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Barnes, Brooks
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JUDGES , *VETERANS , *IRAQ War, 2003-2011 ,UNITED States district courts - Abstract
Score one for the screenwriter. A United States District Court judge in Los Angeles has dismissed a lawsuit by an Iraq war veteran, Sgt. Jeffrey Sarver, that claimed the film ''The Hurt Locker'' was based on him without his permission and that he had suffered ridicule because of it and was denied employment. Sergeant Sarver sued Mark Boal, who wrote ''The Hurt Locker,'' a few days before the film won the Oscar for best picture at the 2010 Academy Awards and Mr. Boal took home a trophy for best original screenplay. Mr. Boal was embedded with Sergeant Sarver's unit in 2004 as part of an assignment for Playboy and wrote about him and other bomb disposal experts in the resulting article. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2011