LEGAL FILE

Lawsuit Man: Best-selling horror author Stephen King contends that film distributor New Line Cinema and producer Allied Vision Ltd. invoked his name to sell a movie that wasn’t based on his work. King is suing the makers of the movie “Stephen King’s Lawnmower Man� in federal court in New York City, demanding that they stop using his name to promote the film and hand over any profits they earned as a result of “misleading� the public. But the filmmakers say they bought the right to use King’s name when they purchased the licensing rights to his short story “The Lawnmower Man.� The movie has grossed more than $30 million to date. King says the film bears “no resemblance� to his story.