A breach of contract lawsuit filed against MSNBC host Ed Schultz aims to prove that a series of e-mails between Schultz and an aggrieved NBC employee over the development of Schultz’s television career constituted a binding contract.

Schultz, the host of MSNBC’s “The Ed Show,” is being sued by NBC broadcast engineer claims (PDF) that he came up with the idea for Schultz to move from radio to television and worked with him to secure a deal, only to have Schultz renege on promises to pay him 25 percent of the profits.

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