A 14-year dispute over tennis that veered into a nasty, bizarre feud between a wealthy Canadian businessman and an American billionaire — both reclusive, fierce personalities — has reach some conclusion with a jury in Florida delivering a US$50 million blow to the Canadian.

Toronto businessman Harold Peerenboom, 78, and U.S. billionaire Isaac “Ike” Perlmutter, 82, the former CEO of Marvel Entertainment, have been scrapping in court for a decade, and, within their shared ocean-front community in Florida, for years longer, but it took a jury less than four hours on Friday to reach a verdict in a hotly fought civil suit.

The Palm Beach County jury sided with the Perlmutters, awarding $16,011 in damages to Isaac Perlmutter and $50,016,011 to his wife, Laura Perlmutter.

By the time of the ve

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