Steinbeck's stepdaughter sued his daughter-in-law for $13 million
From the book “Venice. History of water and land" Waverly Scott Caffaga, the daughter of John Steinbeck's third wife, has won an intellectual property lawsuit against the company of Thomas Steinbeck, the writer's son, The New York Times reports . In 2014, Caffaga filed a lawsuit against Thomas Steinbeck, his wife and their company, Palladin Group, seeking lost profits from the film adaptations of The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden.