GlobeSt.com UPDATE: Forgery Ruling Crimps Universal's Time Share Project

ORLANDO-If it were a Hollywood-written sitcom, viewers would boo the actors into oblivion. But the Moore versus Smith and Universal Orlando lawsuit being played out in Orange Circuit Court here is for real. The construction of a $100-million timeshare project and 18-hole championship golf course hang in the balance.

The newest development in the seven-year-old forgery suit is an Appeals Court ruling that orders the case be retried in the fall, possibly in October, court clerks familiar with the docketing procedures at Orange Circuit Court tell GlobeSt.com. A specific date and a specific judge will be assigned shortly, clerks say.

“Everybody involved in this case doesn’t like the publicity it is beginning to generate, not only in Orlando but across the country,” a deputy clerk tells GlobeSt.com on condition of anonymity. “That’s why the chief judge will be trying to find a docket spot for the case as soon as he can.”