The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and other executive producers have been granted permission to seek new legal theories and punitive damages against AMC Studios.
The news comes after AMC paid French-American film director and former Walking Dead showrunner Frank Darabont and his team $200m (£143m) in the settlement of a lawsuit.
Kirkman, along with Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert, Charles Eglee and Glen Mazzara, had challenged the revenue that AMC received from licencing The Walking Dead to its affiliate cable netflix, alleging that it was shortchanging profit participants.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kirkman’s team can now argue that AMC engaged in alleged tortious obstruction.