The suit was filed in federal court in December 2020 by former SAG presidentEd Asnerand nine other SAG-AFTRA members.

Asner died in 2021, but a federal judge allowed the case to continue.

Those allocations will be based on the residual earnings of those Senior Performers.

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Ed Asner at his 90th birthday party in 2019Michael Tullberg/Getty Images

Defendants have similarly agreed to the settlement for the sake of avoiding the time and expense of litigation.

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