Anthony Michael Hall Settles West LA Assault Lawsuit

WEST LOS ANGELES -- Actor Anthony Michael Hall, best known for a string of hits in the 1980s, has reached a settlement with a man who sued the actor alleging he suffered a broken wrist when Hall pushed and caused him to fall during an argument in Playa del Rey in 2016.

Lawyers for plaintiff Richard Samson filed court papers Feb. 5 in Los Angeles Superior Court stating the case was resolved. No terms were divulged.

In the wake of the settlement, Judge Jon Takasugi on Thursday canceled all upcoming hearings in the case.

Trial of Samson's case and the countersuit Hall filed against the plaintiff in April 2017 for harassment, defamation and invasion of privacy had been scheduled to begin Feb. 28.

Samson sued Hall in January 2017. According to Samson's court papers, he was outside the common area of their condominium complex when Hall ``assaulted, intimidated and battered'' him on Sept. 13, 2016.

Hall pleaded no contest in September 2017 to a misdemeanor assault charge and was immediately sentenced to 40 hours of community service and three years probation for the 2016 confrontation. The 50-year-old actor was initially charged with a felony count of battery.

Hall -- a member of the ``Brat Pack'' in the 1980s -- has appeared in such films as ``Sixteen Candles,'' ``The Breakfast Club'' and ``Weird Science.''

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